Abstract: A radial carcass pneumatic tire having a carcass ply turn-up portion includes a reinforcement ply folded around each bead ring. Each reinforcement ply overlaps and extends beyond the turn-up edge of the carcass play and includes for example a steel cord portion of thick cross-section abutting a textile cord portion of thinner cross section. The cords throughout the reinforcement ply are arranged obliquely with the cords of the radial carcass ply. In other respective embodiments a transition zone between the thick and thin portions of the reinforcement ply includes a cover strip, an overlapping portion and a filler strip. The bead reinforcement constructions reduce bead element edge separations and provide a desirable graduated stiffness from the bead to the beginning area of the sidewall permitting optimal transferring of torque and force.

Abstract: A radial carcass pneumatic tire having a carcass ply turn-up portion includes a reinforcement ply folded around each bead ring. Each reinforcement ply overlaps and extends beyond the turn-up edge of the carcass ply and includes for example a steel cord portion of thick cross-section abutting a textile cord portion of thinner cross section. The cords throughout the reinforcement ply are arranged obliquely with the cords of the radial carcass ply. In other respective embodiments a transition zone between the thick and thin portions of the reinforcement ply includes a cover strip, an overlapping portion and a filler strip. The bead reinforcement constructions reduce bead element edge separations and provide a desirable graduated stiffness from the bead to the beginning area of the sidewall permitting optimal transferring of torque and force.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire including a reinforcing belt characterized by improved resistance to ply separation is disclosed. The tire includes a carcass, a tread overlying the crown region of the carcass, and a tread reinforcing belt which is interposed between the tread and the crown region of the carcass in circumferentially surrounding relation to the latter, the belt including a plurality of plies of belt cords. Two axially spaced circumferentially extending bodies of rubber having a Shore A hardness of between about 70 and about 80 are positioned to cover the edges and the radially inward and outward marginal portions of the belt, thereby preventing edge ply separation. Two axially spaced circumferentially extending pads of rubber having a Shore A hardness of between about 55 and about 70 are positioned radially inward of the two bodies, respectively, and radially outward of the carcass, to insure satisfactory flexibility of the tire shoulders.