Patent ID: 7320350

Claim:
A pneumatic tire, comprising: a pair of annular beads defining a bead height; a radial carcass ply extending between the beads; a tread disposed circumferentially around the carcass ply, a center line of the tread defining an equatorial plane of the tire; a pair of sidewalls extending from the tread to the beads; and a first sidewall reinforcing layer, including one or more adjacent corded layers disposed between the carcass ply and a first sidewall of the pair of sidewalls, each of the one or more adjacent corded layers extending from a lower edge positioned axially outward of the radial carcass within one bead height of a highest extent of one annular bead of the pair of annular beads and at least one of the one or more adjacent corded layers extending to a top edge of the first sidewall reinforcing layer located at or above, in a radial direction, a point of maximum section width of the tire, wherein the first sidewall reinforcing layer has a different thickness at the lower edge than at a top edge.