Patent ID: 6976518

Claim:
A pneumatic tire comprising: a radial carcass of at least one rubberized cord ply toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores; a belt superimposed about a crown portion of the carcass and having at least two belt layers, the belt layers including (a) a maximum-width belt layer containing a plurality of cords slantly arranged with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire, and (b) a narrow-width belt layer arranged at the outside of the maximum-width belt layer in the radial direction and containing a plurality of cords arranged in an oppositely inclined direction to the cords of the maximum-width belt layer; a tread arranged at an outside of the belt in a radial direction; a reinforcing layer, which contains a plurality of cords arranged in an oppositely inclined direction to the cords of the maximum-width belt layer, arranged to overlap with an outer end portion of the maximum-width belt layer, the reinforcing layer being located outward from an outer end of the narrow-width belt layer in the widthwise direction of the narrow-width belt layer, and a cushion rubber interposed between a widthwise outer end portion of the maximum-width belt layer and a widthwise outer end portion of the narrow-width belt layer and having substantially a triangular shape at a section and a maximum gauge at a widthwise outer end of the narrow-width belt layer, wherein the cords of the reinforcing layer are organic fiber cords and the reinforcing layer is arranged at the outside of the maximum-width belt layer in the radial direction.