Patent ID: 7231950

Claim:
A pneumatic radial tire comprising a carcass that includes at least one carcass ply in which a ply main portion that extends from a tread portion over a side wall portion up to a bead core of a bead portion is integrally formed with ply turnup portion that is turned up around the bead core from axially inside to outside of the tire, and a belt layer that includes two belt plies that are disposed inside of the tread portion and radially outside of the carcass, wherein, the radially outer end portion of the ply turnup portion of the carcass is terminated radially outside the tire maximum width point, wherein a buttress portion is provided with a cord-reinforced layer extending along an outer surface of the carcass with reinforcing cords of organic fiber being disposed at angles of 40 to 50 degrees with respect to a tire circumferential direction, wherein the cord-reinforced layer is arranged such that its radially outer end portion is secured between the carcass and the belt layer and such that its radially inner end portion is secured between the ply main portion and the ply turnup portion of the carcass, and wherein the cord-reinforced layer is arranged such that a width of an upper overlapping portion at which the radially outer end portion overlaps with the belt layer is set to be 20 to 40 mm while a width of a lower overlapping portion at which the radially inner end portion overlaps with the ply turnup portion is set to be 10 to 20 mm.