Patent ID: 8322392

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, at least one protective layer being radially to the outside of the working crown layers, and a tread radially topping said crown reinforcement, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidewalls; in each shoulder, at least one layer of additional 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 covers the radially outermost working layer; wherein said axially inner end of the additional layer is covered by at least part of the protective layer; wherein the axially outer end of said additional layer is axially external to an edge of the working crown layer to which said additional layer is adjacent; wherein the protective layer comprises elastic reinforcement elements; wherein the elastic reinforcement elements are oriented relative to the circumferential direction at an angle of between 10° and 45° and of the same direction formed by the inextensible elements of the working layer to which the protective layer is adjacent; wherein the crown reinforcement comprises at least one continuous layer of circumferential reinforcement elements; and wherein the at least one continuous layer of circumferential reinforcement elements is arranged radially between the two working crown layers.