Patent ID: 6945294

Claim:
Tire for heavy off-the-road vehicles comprising a radial carcass reinforcement anchored in each bead to an annular bead reinforcement element, and radially outwards of the carcass reinforcement a crown reinforcement comprising at least two working crown plies of inextensible metallic cables crossed from one ply to the next, the plies having respective widths at least equal to 50% of the width L of the tread and, radially outwards of the working plies, two protection crown plies of elastic metallic cables crossed from one ply to the next, the tread comprising an ungrooved portion of thickness D in which at least one armature of reinforcement elements is disposed, wherein the armature comprises at least two layers of textile monofilaments parallel to one another in each layer, the axial widths of the two layers being at least equal to the width of a narrower one of the working plies.