Patent ID: 7537035

Claim:
A pneumatic tire in which a carcass layer is laid between a pair of bead portions so that the carcass layer links the bead portions, in which an air penetration preventing layer is disposed on the inner surface of the tire along the carcass layer, and in which belt layers are buried in a tread portion at the side of the outer periphery of the carcass layer, wherein a cord layer, which is formed by repeatedly winding a cord in the tire circumferential direction, is disposed between the carcass layer and the belt layers, at least one portion of the cord layer is made close to the outer surface of the tire so that a distance between the cord and the outer surface of the tire is not longer than 2 mm, and wherein a width, in which the cord layer and the belt layers overlap each other in the axial direction of the tire, is at least 10 mm.