Patent ID: 8215356

Claim:
A pneumatic radial ply tire comprising: a pair of axially-spaced bead cores; a carcass having a pair of sidewall plies and a bridge ply, said bridge ply having first and second outer ends which do not wrap around the bead cores and which terminate in the sidewall portion of the tire, each ply being reinforced with cords, the sidewall plies each having a first end which is received between the bridge ply and a belt reinforcing structure; wherein each sidewall ply extends axially outward along the sidewall and extending radially inwardly to the bead core and folded from a position axially outside the bead core to a position axially inside and around the bead core forming first and second axially inner turnup ends which terminate in the sidewall portion of the tire; said first and second outer ends of said bridge ply overlapping with said first and second axially inner turnup ends of said sidewall plies.