Patent ID: 7128114

Claim:
A pneumatic tire having a carcass, in which the carcass comprises a first carcass ply in which a body portion extending from a tread portion to a bead core of a bead portion through a sidewall portion has a wound up portion which is folded back from inside to outside around said bead core, and a second carcass ply extending from the tread portion through the sidewall portion and passing between said body portion of said first carcass ply and said wound up portion, wherein: said wound up portion of said first carcass ply is disposed outside in a tire axial direction of a bead apex which extends from said bead core radially outward of the tire, said second carcass ply is located in its entirety radially outward of said bead core, whereby no portion of said second carcass ply is folded around said bead core, and a lower portion of said second carcass ply includes (1) a covering portion which extends radially inward of the tire from a radially outer end of said bead apex along an axially outer side surface of said bead apex and (2) an inserting portion which enters in said bead apex from a radially inner end of said covering portion, is wholly disposed within said bead apex and is terminated in said bead apex.