Patent ID: 7578330

Claim:
A tire comprising beads each containing at least one circumferential reinforcement structure; a crown comprising a reinforcement structure surmounted radially towards the outside by a tread; on either side of the crown, a sidewall providing the connection to each bead; at least one carcass reinforcement extending from one bead to the other, passing through the crown, and anchored to at least one circumferential reinforcement structure within each bead, the carcass reinforcement being formed of at least one rubberized ply comprising reinforcing threads extending substantially radially, that is to say forming an angle of between 80° and 100° with the circumferential direction; at least one junction zone formed by superposition of the ply on itself, this zone being oriented substantially radially; at least one cover strip covering part of a junction zone, each cover strip being formed of a rubber composition reinforced by a plurality of reinforcing threads, the reinforcing threads of each cover strip having a substantially radial orientation, wherein each cover strip includes first and second edges spaced apart on opposite circumferential sides of the junction zone and the width of each cover strip, measured in the circumferential direction, is less than four times the greatest width of the junction zone in its part covered by said cover strip; wherein, viewed in radial section, each cover strip includes first and second ends, the first end disposed at a point located radially to the inside of the axially outermost part of one sidewall of the tire and a second end located at a point close to the axial end of the crown's reinforcement structure located nearest to that sidewall.