Patent ID: 8418736

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising a belt layer including at least two tire reinforcement belts formed by coating a plurality of steel cords, which are drawn and aligned substantially in parallel, with a rubber composition for coating a steel cord, the rubber composition comprising: 100 parts by mass of natural rubber; 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of a metal salt of an organic acid; and 30 to 100 parts by mass of a filler, wherein said filler contains 3 to 30 parts by mass of glass beads having a particle diameter of 37 to 63 μm, relative to 100 parts by mass of said natural rubber; wherein said filler further contains 5 to 90 parts by mass of carbon black, relative to 100 parts by mass of said natural rubber; and wherein said plurality of steel cords are disposed so as to cross each other in a tire circumferential direction.