Abstract: A vehicle pneumatic tire and a process of forming a vehicle pneumatic tire are disclosed, wherein the tire includes a patterned tread, a belt brace including at least one layer, bead areas having bead cores, and a carcass having at least one layer, which is arranged through the sidewalls, around the bead cores, and back into the sidewalls as turn-ups. The carcass, in a region between the belt binding point and the bead binding point, is formed with a length shorter than that of a theoretical carcass between the belt binding point and the bead binding points determined in accordance with an equilibrium figure. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A filler ring for a vehicle wheel and pneumatic tire assembly, in which the beads of the tire are mounted on the radially inner periphery of a drop-center wheel rim adjacent essentially radially inwardly extending rim flanges. The filler ring fills a space located between a tire bead and a wall of the drop-center. The filler ring is provided with a plurality of circumferentially extending hollow chambers that are disposed in two planes which are superimposed over one another in a radial direction and are separated from one another via a diagonal rib. Each of the planes of hollow chambers is provided with at least two hollow chambers that are successively arranged in an axial direction. The filler ring has a side wall that rests against a tire bead and extends perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and an oppositely disposed inclined wall that extends at approximately 80.degree. to the axis of rotation.