Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a pair of bead cores each being disposed in the bead portion, the bead core comprising an annular core extending in the tire circumferential direction and a sheath including a plurality of sheath wires each extending helically around the annular core, a carcass comprising a carcass ply extending between the bead portions and turned up around the bead core in each bead portion, wherein one of the bead cores is reverse to the other bead core with respect to the helical direction of the sheath wire.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rubber component for a pneumatic tire which comprises a process of overlap-winding at least one rubber tape into a target cross sectional shape for the rubber component, wherein each rubber tape has a thickness of from 0.3 to 3.0 mm and a width of from 5 to 40 mm, and an inner surface and/or an outer surface of the rubber component are defined by a surface layer made of windings of the rubber tape which windings are overlapped by a width WJ less than 75% of the rubber tape width but more than 1.0 mm.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rubber component for a pneumatic tire which comprises a process of overlap-winding at least one rubber tape into a target cross sectional shape for the rubber component, wherein each rubber tape has a thickness of from 0.3 to 3.0 mm and a width of from 5 to 40 mm, and an inner surface and/or an outer surface of the rubber component are defined by a surface layer made of windings of the rubber tape which windings are overlapped by a width WJ less than 75% of the rubber tape width but more than 1.0 mm.