Patent ID: 7096910

Claim:
A tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising: a carcass structure; a belt structure applied to the carcass structure at a circumferentially-outer position of the carcass structure; a tread band circumferentially superposed on the belt structure; and sidewalls laterally applied to opposite sides of the carcass structure; wherein the carcass structure comprises: at least one first carcass ply; at least one second carcass ply; and a pair of annular reinforcing structures engaged close to respective inner-circumferential edges of the carcass plies; wherein the at least one first carcass ply and the at least one second carcass ply are formed of strip sections extending in a substantially U-shaped conformation, wherein the strip sections comprise at least two thread elements longitudinally arranged parallel to each other, wherein the at least two thread elements are at least partly coated with at least one layer of elastomer material, wherein the at least one first carcass ply comprises a first series and a second series of strip sections arranged in mutually-alternating sequence along a circumferential extension of the carcass structure, wherein the at least one second carcass ply comprises a third series and a fourth series of strip section arranged in mutually-alternating sequence along the circumferential extension of the carcass structure, wherein each of the annular reinforcing structures comprises: a first primary portion; and a second primary portion; wherein the first primary portion comprises an axially-inner side turned towards end flaps of the strip sections of the first series and an axially-outer side turned towards end flaps of the strip sections of the second series, and wherein the second primary portion comprises an axially-inner side turned towards end flaps of the strip sections of the third series and an axially-outer side turned towards end flaps of the strip sections of the fourth series.