Patent ID: 8052817

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire comprising: a first step of laminating a first belt ply and a second belt ply so as to form a belt layer which is subsequently attached to a carcass; and a second step of forming a belt reinforcing layer by spirally winding a rubber-coated reinforcing cord around an outer periphery of the belt layer, wherein a rubber layer is formed by a pair of spaced apart band-like bodies extending along a circumferential direction, each of the band-like bodies covering and protruding beyond an end portion of the first belt ply in a width direction, an outer peripheral surface of the rubber layer being formed by a concavo-convex surface obtained by arranging a plurality of circumferential grooves, and the reinforcing cord being wound on the concavo-convex surface, wherein the first step has a step of winding the first belt ply around an outer peripheral surface of a belt drum so as to form in a tubular shape by using the belt drum formed as a circular arc shape in which an outer peripheral cross sectional shape along an axial direction protrudes to an outer side in a diametrical direction, a step of arranging the rubber layer protruding to an outer side of an end portion in a width direction of the belt reinforcing layer, in an outer periphery of an end portion in the width direction of the first belt ply, and a step of winding the second belt ply which is narrower than the first belt ply, around an outer periphery of the first belt ply so as to form in a tubular shape, and wherein the second step arranges the end portion in the width direction of the belt reinforcing layer in an outer side of the first belt ply.