Patent ID: 7987883

Claim:
A tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising: a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, and topped radially by a tread, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidewalls; and in each shoulder, at least one additional layer of reinforcement elements which are parallel to each other in the additional layer and are oriented circumferentially; wherein the axially inner end of said additional layer is radially adjacent to an edge of the radially outermost working crown layer; wherein the axially outer end of said additional layer is located at a distance from the equatorial plane of the tire which is at least equal to the distance between said plane and the end of the working layer to which it is adjacent; wherein the distance between said additional layer and an end of an axially widest working crown layer is greater than 1.5 mm; and wherein the crown reinforcement comprises at least one continuous layer of circumferential reinforcement elements arranged radially between the at least two working crown layers and having ends on opposing sides of the equatorial plane of the tire.