Patent ID: 7467653

Claim:
An aircraft tire comprising at least one pair of parallel annular beads, at least one carcass ply wrapped around said beads, a folded high modulus belt reinforcement disposed over said carcass ply in a crown area of said tire, a tread disposed over said belt reinforcement and sidewalls disposed between said tread and said beads, a layer of low modulus reinforcement material wrapped around the folded edges of said high modulus belt reinforcement wherein said high modulus belt reinforcement comprises high modulus reinforcement cords encapsulated in rubber to form a substantially two dimensional belt ply having length and width, and said layer of low modulus reinforcement comprises low modulus reinforcement cords or filaments encapsulated in rubber to form a substantially two dimensional belt edge ply strip having length and width, and said high modulus reinforcement is a belt ply folded into a folded belt structure wherein the belt ply has a width about twice the width of the folded belt structure, wherein said belt edge strip has a width about five-eights to seven eights of the width of said belt ply and is radially below said folded belt, and the edges of said belt edge strip are folded radially above said folded belt structure.