Patent ID: 6892779

Claim:
An assembly of a pneumatic tire and a rim, said pneumatic tire comprising; at least one carcass ply composed of a plurality of ply cords and comprising two end portions, and a belt layer composed of belt cords, said belt layer being provided outside of said carcass ply, each belt cord extending in a direction intersecting said ply cords, wherein each of said end portions is held in said rim and wherein said pneumatic tire has a single maximum with in a circumferential cross section with a cylindrical shape with respect to a center axis of said pneumatic tire, said cross section extending through said rim, and wherein said carcass ply comprises two neighboring portions which are adjacent to said end portions of said carcass ply and are not held in said rim, and said neighboring portions have an outer surface whose center of curvature, viewed in a cross section including said center axis of said tire, is located outside of said carcass ply with respect to the center axis of said tire.