Patent ID: 8662129

Claim:
A pneumatic tire, comprising: a tread supported by a crown, the crown being positioned radially-inward of the tread; a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall extending radially-inward from an axial edge of the crown, each sidewall defining a side of the tire; a pair of beads, each bead having a circumferentially-inextensible bead core defining a bead core center, each bead positioned radially-inward of each sidewall respectively; a carcass layer constructed from a plurality of radially-oriented carcass layer cords embedded in an elastomeric matrix and extending through the crown and between the beads, the carcass layer having a pair of carcass layer ends, each end being anchored in each bead respectively; one or more crown plies disposed radially-inward of the tread and radially-outward of the carcass layer and extending between the sidewalls of the tire; a pair of shoulder section shear layers, one of the pair located at each sidewall respectively and each positioned on at least one axial side of the carcass layer, the shoulder section shear layers extending from the sidewall towards the crown; a pair of bead section shear layers, one of the pair located at each sidewall respectively and each positioned on at least one axial side of the carcass layer, the bead section shear layers extending from the sidewall towards the bead core; wherein one or more of the pairs of shoulder section and bead section shear layers are constituted of an elastomeric fabric having elastomeric fibers woven in the fabric, the fabric woven in a tricot construction comprising between 18% and 25% spandex fibers, the remaining being nylon fibers, and wherein the shoulder section shear layers and the bead section shear layers in a pinch shocked region of the tire are opposite to one another across an interior of the tire.