Abstract: A tire with radial carcass reinforcement, having a crown reinforcement embodying at least two working crown plies formed of inextensible cables, crossed from one ply to the next, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, characterized in that, in the absence of any ply formed of inextensible cables forming an angle greater than 45° with the circumferential direction, an additional, axially continuous, ply formed of undulating metallic elements oriented substantially parallel to the circumferential direction is placed radially between the working plies.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for passenger car comprises a circumferential belt layer in addition to a slant belt layer, in which specified PET, nylon, PEN or vinylon fiber cords or steel cords are used in the circumferential belt layer.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having at least two or more pieces of carcasses, wherein a high hardness rubber component sheet, which has tensile stress of 2.0 MPa or more when extended by 20% to a tire circumferential direction and JIS-A hardness of 65 or more, is arranged at least between carcass plies at a tread portion.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for passenger cars comprises a circumferential belt layer in addition to a slant belt layer, in which specified PET, nylon, PEN or vinylon fiber cords or steel cords are used in the circumferential belt layer.

Abstract: The belt of a pneumatic tire is a laminate of a circumferential belt layer and an inclined belt layer, the circumferential belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements arranged substantially in parallel with the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, and the inclined belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, wherein at least in the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer and the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer adjoining each other, the modulus of elasticity of the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer is lower than that of the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer. The pneumatic tire of the invention avoids the disadvantage generated by addition of a circumferential belt layer while strengthening the circumferential rigidity by the circumferential belt layer.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass and a belt superimposed about an outer periphery of the carcass and comprised of at least three rubberized cord layers, cords of two adjacent layers among these layers being crossed with each other at an acute cord angle with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire to form cross cord layers, in which a narrow-width cord layer among the cross cord layers is provided with an end cover rubber having a particular 100% modulus and a space cushion rubber having a particular 100% modulus.

Abstract: A vehicle tire includes an outer tire, the outer tire having an intermediate layer of breaker of woven fabrics, a bottom layer of breaker of woven fabrics, and two inward lips respectively extended along two ends thereof, and an annular tire support structure mounted in the outer tire and connected between the lips of the outer tire, the annular tire support structure being formed of a plurality of reinforcing bearing devices connected in series and fastened to the lips of the outer tire, the reinforcing bearing devices each formed of a smoothly arched left bearing member and a smoothly arched right bearing member hooked up with the left bearing member.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire 10 for use in aircraft landing applications is provided. The tire includes a breaker assembly 20, 20A, 20B having circumferentially extending layers of cord fabric and wear strips to enhance performance. In one embodiment, the wear strips are rubber and are provided as central portions 26, 44 of breaker layers 24, 40 with cord fabric extensions 30, 48 on either side. In a second embodiment, the wear strips are thin, narrow rubber strips 72 imposed between adjacent cord fabric breaker layers 56, 60, 64, 68. In a third embodiment, the wear strips are narrow cord fabric strips 92 imposed between adjacent cord fabric layers 80, 84, 88.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial ply tire (50) having a tread (52), a carcass (60) with two sidewalls (77, 78), one or more radial plies (70, 72), two annular beads (36a′, 36b′), a belt structure (56) located radially between the tread and the radial ply structure (58), a fabric underlay (54), deployed radially inward of the belt structure, and a tread insert (66) deployed between the belt structure and the fabric underlay. Said underlay (66) contains circumferentially aligned high-modulus fibers or cords (88) which, in combination with metal belt structure (56) and the tread insert (66), contribute to circumferential tread rigidity. Insert (66), in conjunction with the belt structure (56) and the radial ply structure (58), contributes to lateral tread rigidity. The circumferential and lateral stiffening of the tread (52) enhances high-speed runflat handling and contributes to improved runflat operational life.

Abstract: To assure a positive camber thrust for a radial-ply tire including a belt of four or more plies on a carcass with pad rubber interposed therebetween, the width of the outermost belt ply is increased over the width of the adjacent belt ply and the ratio of the difference found by subtracting the tread width from the maximum belt ply width to the difference between the maximum tire width and the tread width is not less than 0.1 and not more than 0.4.

Abstract: Polyvinyl alcohol based fibers having good fatigue resistance, dipped cords comprising the polyvinyl alcohol based fibers and having good fatigue resistance, and a method for producing the dipped cords. The polyvinyl alcohol based fibers have a tan&dgr; at 90° C. of at least 0.12, substantially one peak of tan&dgr; within a temperature range of from 60 to 120° C., and an elongation at break of at least 12%.

Abstract: A radial tire is provided with a metal belt comprising two load-bearing strips, respectively a first one and a second one, with reinforcing elements inclined in opposite directions in the two strips relative to the equatorial plane, and a pair of lateral bands radially superimposed on the ends of the second strip. The second strip has an axial width less than the first one and has edges staggered axially inwards with respect to the edges of the first strip. Each band comprises a single layer of circumferential metal reinforcing elements and has its axially external edge staggered axially inwards with respect to the edge of the second strip. A third strip with inclined reinforcing elements is arranged in the radially outermost position of the belt and covers at least two thirds of the width of each band. The pair of bands covers at least partially the two ends of the second strip in a diverging configuration relative to the two ends of the first strip.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass and a belt superimposed about an outer periphery of the carcass and comprised of at least three rubberized cord layers, cords of two adjacent layers among these layers being crossed with each other at an acute cord angle with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire to form cross cord layers, in which a narrow-width cord layer among the cross cord layers is provided with an end cover rubber having a particular 100% modulus and a space cushion rubber having a particular 100% modulus.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass and a belt superimposed about an outer periphery of the carcass and comprised of at least three rubberized cord layers, cords of two adjacent layers among these layers being crossed with each other at an acute cord angle with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire to form cross cord layers, in which a narrow-width cord layer among the cross cord layers is provided with an end cover rubber having a particular 100% modulus and a space cushion rubber having a particular 100% modulus.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass and a belt superimposed about an outer periphery of the carcass and comprised of at least three rubberized cord layers, cords of two adjacent layers among these layers being crossed with each other at an acute cord angle with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire to form cross cord layers, in which a narrow-width cord layer among the cross cord layers is provided with an end cover rubber having a particular 100% modulus and a space cushion rubber having a particular 100% modulus.

Abstract: A heavy duty radial tire which comprises a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions, a carcass extending between the bead portions and composed of a single ply of steel cords arranged radially at an angle of from 70 to 90 degrees with respect to the tire equator, and a belt disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion and composed of two cross plies of steel cords laid parallel with each other at an angle of from 0 to 45 degrees with respect to the tire equator, wherein in at least the central part of the tread portion having 50% of the axial width of the belt, the total amount of steel in the belt plies being in the range of from 6 to 10 times the steel amount in the carcass ply, and the thickness of rubber between the radially adjacent belt cords and carcass cords is in the range of from 0.7 to 3.0 mm. Preferably, the two belt plies are made of substantially the same amount of steel in the central part.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for a front wheel of a motorcycle comprises a pair of bead cores, a radial carcass toroidally extending between the pair of bead portions, a belt disposed on a radially outer surface of the carcass, and a tread portion disposed thereon, wherein the carcass is comprised of at least one carcass ply containing organic fiber cords, and the belt is a spiral belt layer formed by spirally winding a continuous rubberized cord or a continuous ribbon-shaped body containing plural cords therein in a widthwise direction of the tire, and the tread portion has a two-layer structure comprised of a cap rubber layer and a base rubber layer in at least a central region in the widthwise direction of the tire, or a reinforcing layer is disposed inside an innermost carcass ply or on an inner surface of an innerliner, or the bead core is a helically wound laminate of a single steel wire having a polygonal shape at a section of the bead core in the radial direction.

Abstract: In a tire for motor-vehicles, an auxiliary support element (9) is interposed between a carcass ply (3) and a belt structure (6). The support element is employed during the manufacturing step of the belt structure (6) in order to stably retain, on the sectors of a comb drum (10), coils (7a) consecutively formed by winding of an inextensible cord (7) therearound. The auxiliary support element (9) is made in the form of an elastomeric sheet containing short aramid fibers in an amount included between 1 and 10 parts by weight per 100 parts of elastomeric material, to increase the stretchability of said element without impairing its adhesiveness. The introduction of the short aramid fibers in the blend enables the thickness of the auxiliary support element (9) to be reduced to about 0.075 mm.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass, a belt comprised of at least two belt layers, a belt reinforcement arranged between the carcass and the belt and comprised of at least one belt reinforcing layer, and a tread rubber, in which a widthwise outer end of a widest-width belt reinforcing layer is arranged outward from a widthwise outer end of a widest-width belt layer among the belt layers, and a restraining rubber having a width of not less than 4 mm and a JIS hardness not less than a JIS hardness of a coating rubber for the widest-width belt reinforcing layer is arranged outward from the widthwise outer end of the widest-width belt reinforcing layer.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for passenger car comprises a circumferential belt layer in addition to a slant belt layer, in which specified PET, nylon, PEN or vinylon fiber cords or steel cords are used in the circumferential belt layer.

Abstract: A tire comprising a pair of beads; a carcass ply having ends, each ends anchored to a respective bead; at least one belt ply extending circumferentially around the tire and disposed radially outward of the carcass ply; and a tread portion disposed radially outward of the belt ply. The tread portion has a plurality of tread ribs or blocks and at least one groove disposed between adjacent tread ribs or blocks. In one aspect of the invention, the tread portion is formed from first and second rubber portions. The second rubber portion has a hysteresis value greater than the first rubber portion and a modulus value less than first rubber portion. In another aspect of the present invention, the tread portion is formed from a first and second tread compound. The hysteresis value of the second tread compound is greater than the hysteresis value of the first tread compound and the modulus value of the first tread compound is less than the modulus value of the second tread compound.

Abstract: A tire for two-wheeled vehicles is described, said tire having a transverse curvature coefficient with a value of not less than 0.15, comprising a torus-shaped carcass having structural means which allow improvements in the handling of the vehicle, while leaving unchanged the other performance characteristics, in particular the comfort. These structural means consist in at least one ply of a rubberized fabric provided with textile cords having a count of between 420/2 and 840/2 dtex and a modulus of elasticity of between 100,000 MPa/cm and 200,000 MPa/cm. Preferably the carcass comprises a pair of these rubberized fabric plies reinforced with PEN cords.

Abstract: A run-flat tire comprises a carcass ply extending between the bead portions, and a sidewall reinforcing layer disposed axially inside said carcass ply in each sidewall portion, wherein in a normally inflated unloaded state, a profile line from a tire equator point (P) to a maximum tire section width point (D) is curved substantially along an involute curve so as to have a radius of curvature decreasing continuously from the tire equator point towards the sidewall portion, the basic circle of the involute curve is an ellipse whose major axis extends in the tire radial direction, the radial distance (h) between the tire equator point (P) and the maximum tire section width point (D) is more than 34% but less than 50% of the tire section height (H).

Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic tire which comprises a carcass layer provided between a pair of left and right bead sections, left and right side wall sections interpolated for connecting the pair of left and right bead sections with a tread section to be continuous, and at least two belt layers provided in an outer peripheral side of the carcass layer in the tread section, each of the belt layers being composed of a plurality of reinforcing cords coated with coating rubber. Storage elastic modulus E′ of the coating rubber is set in a range of 15.0 to 40.0 MPa, and its loss tangent tan &dgr; is set in a range of 0.1 to 0.25. Interlayer rubber is provided between end parts of the belt layers, the interlayer rubber being specifically set in each of both end parts thereof in a tire width direction, and elongation to break Eb of the interlayer rubber is set in a range of 400 to 700%.

Abstract: A low noise level tire includes a carcass composed of at least one ply toroidally extending between a pair of bead cores, and a tread arranged radially outwardly of the carcass and composed of an outer cap rubber layer and an inner base rubber layer. The cap rubber layer is made of a rubber having a dynamic storage modulus of not less than 1.0×108 dyn/cm2 and not more than 2.0×108 dyn/cm2 and a loss tangent more than 0.15 and not more than 0.35. The base rubber layer is made of a rubber having a dynamic storage modulus of not less than 1.2×108 dyn/cm2 and not more than 2.2×108 dyn/cm2 and a rate of foaming of not less than 5% and not more than 50%.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising a rubber member containing a short fiber (A′) formed by the fibrillation of a short fiber (A) whose cross section takes a sea-island structure essentially composed of at least two polymers.

Abstract: The tire has a single layer of cushion compound between the cords of the carcass reinforcement that are furthest radially outward in the crown and the cords of the belting that are furthest radially inward in the crown. The single layer of cushion compound may have either a high modulus of elasticity of between 7 and 25 MPa for high crown rigidity or a low modulus of elasticity of less that 6 MPa for reduced hysteresis energy loss.

Abstract: Disclosed is the use of a brominated polymer derived from isobutylene and p-methylstyrene monomers to decrease the spider flow of various rubber components used in the carcass of an uncured pneumatic tire. The amount of the brominated polymer utilized is in a range of about 3 to about 15 phr. The various components include the ply coat, wire coat, tread cushion, belt-edge gumstrip, apex, chipper, and barrier.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass, a main cross belt and a tread portion, in which the main cross belt is formed by laminating at least three rubberized cord layers so that the cords in each layer are parallel to each other but the cords between the adjoining layers are crossed with each other and extend in opposite directions with respect to an equatorial line of the tire. In such a tire, a pair of cushion rubbers are arranged between the adjoining rubberized cord layers constituting the main cross belt at their both end portions by setting a position relation between mutual cushion rubbers at both belt ends to an optimum value to thereby prevent or control the occurrence of the belt end separation failure.

Abstract: A run-flat tire comprises a tread portion, a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions, a carcass comprising at least one carcass ply extending between the bead portions, a belt disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion, and a tread reinforcing layer disposed between carcass plies or alternatively between the carcass and belt, the tread reinforcing layer made of a high elastic modulus rubber compound having a complex elastic modulus E* of from 10 to 30 MPa, a thickness t of from 0.8 to 2.5 mm, and an axial width WA of 0.7 to 1.0 times the tread width TW of the tire.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire is provided which comprises an under-belt pad (3) provided circumferentially between edge portions of a belt (1) and a carcass in a shoulder portion thereof, the under-belt pad (3) being of a rubber compound containing 10 to 60 parts by weight of carbon black and 3 to 30 parts by weight of silica with a total amount of carbon black and silica being 20 to 65 parts by weight, 2 to 5 parts by weight of sulfur and 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of resorcin or a resorcin derivative all relative to 100 parts by weight of rubber, and 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of hexamethylene tetratine or a melamine derivative as a methylene donor relative to 1 part by weight of the resorcin or the resorcin derivative, and having a dynamic viscoelasticity E' of 5 MPa to 10 MPa, a loss tangent tan .delta. of 0.10 to 0.18 and a 300% modulus of 11 MPa to 15 MPa.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire 10 for use in aircraft landing applications is provided. The tire includes a breaker assembly 20, 20A, 20B having circumferentially extending layers of cord fabric and wear strips to enhance performance. In one embodiment, the wear strips are rubber and are provided as central portions 26, 44 of breaker layers 24, 40 with cord fabric extensions 30, 48 on either side. In a second embodiment, the wear strips are thin, narrow rubber strips 72 imposed between adjacent cord fabric breaker layers 56, 60, 64, 68. In a third embodiment, the wear strips are narrow cord fabric strips 92 imposed between adjacent cord fabric layers 80, 84, 88.

Abstract: A heavy duty radial tire has an aspect ratio of not more than 80% and comprises a radial carcass; a belt comprising a first ply, a second ply and a third ply disposed in this order from the radially inside to the outside; the second ply being widest and the axial width BW thereof being in the range of from 1.00 to 2.00 times the section height H of the tire; a first rubber thickness d1 measured from the first belt ply's edge to the carcass being in the range of from 1.0 to 5.0 mm; a second rubber thickness d2 measured from the third belt ply's edge to the second belt ply being more than the first rubber thickness d1; an axial distance W1 of the first belt ply's edge from the second belt ply's edge and an axial distance W2 of the third belt ply's edge from the second belt ply's edge satisfying the following condition: 0<=W1-W2<=5.

Abstract: A tire for an airplane has radial carcass reinforcement surmounted by a cn reinforcement composed of at least three plies of textile reinforcing elements, including at least one twin zig-zag ply of two zig-zag plies "guided" at an angle .alpha., abbreviated to NT.alpha..degree., and at least one other "guided" ply, wherein the crown reinforcement comprises, at least between one twin zig-zag ply and one of the other "guided" plies, a decoupling intermediate layer of thickness e forming a radial distance of at least 1.0 mm between the cords of the radially lower ply and the cords of the radially upper ply surrounding the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer being formed of textile reinforcing elements coated in a rubber compound whose secant modulus of elasticity, measured at a relative elongation of between 0.06 and 0.2, is between 5 and 9 MPa.

Abstract: A radial motorcycle tire having improved lateral grip under camber with good stability, wherein the tread is reinforced by two main breaker plies comprising parallel reinforcing cords oppositely inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction and a supplementary breaker ply is disposed radially outward of the main breaker plies and comprises a cord reinforced central ply portion and lateral outer side ply portions disposed on opposite sides of the central ply portion, said lateral side portions comprising rubber having no cord reinforcement.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire capable of effectively controlling the occurrence of wandering phenomenon when being used in vehicles such as passenger car, small-size truck, truck, bus and the like is provided, in which a second tread zone contacting with a mountain side of a slant road surface is arranged so as to project toward a side of a first tread zone contacting with a flat road surface and camber thrust of the radial tire is increased by the second tread zone during the running on ruts and the like under loading.

Abstract: The belt of a pneumatic tire is a laminate of a circumferential belt layer and an inclined belt layer, the circumferential belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements arranged substantially in parallel with the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, and the inclined belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, wherein at least in the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer and the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer adjoining each other, the modulus of elasticity of the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer is lower than that of the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer. The pneumatic tire of the invention avoids the disadvantage generated by addition of a circumferential belt layer while strengthening the circumferential rigidity by the circumferential belt layer.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass extending between a pair of bead cores, and a belt comprised of three rubberized cord layers, among which cord layers an innermost cord layer and a middle cord layer being laminated to form a cross belt layer by crossing cords of these cord layers with each other with respect to a plane including a circumference of the tire, in which an inclination cord angle with respect to the plane in the innermost cord layer and the middle cord layer is within a given range, and cords in an outermost cord layer have a given inclination cord angle as measured from the plane toward a direction of measuring the inclination cord angle of the middle cord layer, and a coating rubber for the outermost cord layer has a given modulus of elasticity.

Abstract: A tire with radial carcass reinforcement 1, having a crown reinforcement 3 aving at least two working crown plies 32, 34 made of inextensible cables, crossed from one ply to the other and forming angles of between 10.degree. and 45.degree. with the circumferential direction, characterized in that in the absence of any ply formed of inextensible cables forming an angle greater than 45.degree. with the circumferential direction, an additional, axially continuous, ply 33 formed of metallic elements oriented substantially parallel to the circumferential direction, is placed radially between the working plies 32, 34, having an axial width L.sub.33 at least equal to 1.05 times the axial width of the widest working crown ply L.sub.32, L.sub.34.

Abstract: A tire having an Heterologous/S form ratio of at least 0.50, having a rad carcass reinforcement (1) and crown reinforcement (3) composed of at least two working crown plies (31,33) made of inextensible metal cables, crossed from one ply to the next, forming angles of between 10.degree. and 45.degree. with the circumferentail direction, and of an additional ply (32) which is axially continuous and formed of metallic elements oriented substantially parallel circumferential direction. Said ply (32) over the working ply (31) radially closest carcass reinforcement (1,) and the ratio of its rigidity of extension per unit of width to the total of the rigidities of extension of the other plies of the crown reinforcement being between 0.35 and 0.70.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire comprises a radial carcass and a belt superimposed about an outer periphery of the carcass and comprised of at least three rubberized cord layers, cords of two adjacent layers among these layers being crossed with each other at an acute cord angle with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire to form cross cord layers, in which a narrow-width cord layer among the cross cord layers is provided with an end cover rubber having a particular 100% modulus and a space cushion rubber having a particular 100% modulus.

Abstract: A radial "heavy vehicle" tire, of H/S form ratio of at most 0.60, with a wn reinforcement (2) composed of at least two crossed working plies (21, 22), and at least one ply (20) of circumferential cables arranged above the carcass ply (1) and a tread (10) of width L, characterized in that there is arranged, between the ply of circumferential cables (20) and the first, radially innermost, working ply (21), a layer of rubber mix (4) of low modulus of extension, of constant thickness of between 2 and 3 mm.

Abstract: In a tire for motor-vehicles, an auxiliary support element (9) is interposed between a carcass ply (3) and a belt structure (6). The support element is employed during the manufacturing step of the belt structure (6) in order to stably retain, on the sectors of a comb drum (10), coils (7a) consecutively formed by winding of an inextensible cord (7) therearound. The auxiliary support element (9) is made in the form of an elastomeric sheet containing short aramid fibers in an amount included between 1 and 10 parts by weight per 100 parts of elastomeric material, to increase the stretchability of said element without impairing its adhesiveness. The introduction of the short aramid fibers in the blend enables the thickness of the auxiliary support element (9) to be reduced to about 0.075 mm.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for passenger car comprises a circumferential belt layer in addition to a slant belt layer, in which specified PET, nylon, PEN or vinylon fiber cords or steel cords are used in the circumferential belt layer.

Abstract: A tire for motor vehicles includes a belt structure (3) which has consecutively overlapped first and second belt strips (5, 6) and a pair of side straps (7) overlying the second belt strip (6) adjacent to the side edges (6a) of the second belt strip. Each side strip (7) is made up of at least one cord circumferentially wound in a plurality of coils to form two radially superposed layers of coils disposed in axial side by side relation. The first belt strip (5), located adjacent to the carcass structure (2), substantially has the same width as the tread band (4), and laterally projects from the second belt strip (6) radially overlapped therewith. The second belt strip (6) has side flaps (6b) projecting from the side straps (7) and spaced apart from the first belt strip (5) by a spacing which progressively grows with distance away from the outer edges (7a) of the side straps themselves.

Abstract: At least one reinforcing rubber layer is provided in the part of each of two side wall portions which is on the outer side of a carcass layer. The outer circumferential end portions of the reinforcing rubber layers extend to positions in which they are disposed between the end portions of the innermost belt layer and the corresponding portions of the carcass layer, while the inner circumferential end portions of these rubber layers extend inward in the radial direction of the tire so as to overlap the bead fillers in positions on the outer sides of the end portions of the carcass layer in the widthwise direction of the tire. A 100% modulus at 100.degree. C. of the rubber constituting the reinforcing rubber layers is not higher than that of the rubber of the belt layers, and a dynamic elastic modulus at 20.degree. C. of the former rubber in the range of 10-40 MPa.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire comprises a carcass, a tread strip, and a breaker arrangement arranged between the carcass and the tread strip. The breaker arrangment includes at least two breaker plies which have threads or cords which serve as load-carrying members and extend at an angle to the mid-circumferential plane of the tire. A breaker cover surrounds the breaker arrangement at least in the region of the breaker arrangement's axial side edges. The breaker cover has at least one cover ply consisting of threads or cords which extend at least substantially in the circumferential direction of the tire. The breaker cover is formed of a helically wound strip bandage. At least one respective ply separating cushion layer is present in each of the two axial side regions of the breaker arrangement.

Abstract: A radial carcass tire comprising a tread, two non-stretchable beads, two sidewalls connecting the beads to the tread, and a crown reinforcement located between the carcass and the tread, the crown reinforcement including a diene elastomeric rubber having, as reinforcing filler, a highly dispersible precipitated silica having a CTAB specific area less than or equal to 125 m.sup.2 /g and a BET specific surface area less than or equal to 125 m.sup.2 /g.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire includes at least two belt plies reinforced with steel monofilaments inclined at an angle of 10.degree. to 30.degree. with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, the monofilaments being laid at an end count ranging from 25 to 60 ends per inch and having a diameter of from 0.25 to 0.40 mm, a tensile strength of at least 4080 MPa-(2000.times.D).times.95 percent where D is the filament diameter in millimeters and a fatigue resistance of at least 3500 cycles as measured by the three-roll bending fatigue test. Preferably, the filament diameter ranges from 0.30 to 0.35 mm, the tensile strength of each monofilament is at least 4400 MPa-(2000.times.D).times.95 percent and the fatigue resistance ranges from 3500 to 6000 cycles.

Abstract: The belt of a pneumatic tire is a laminate of a circumferential belt layer and an inclined belt layer, the circumferential belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements arranged substantially in parallel with the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, and the inclined belt layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing elements inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire and coated with rubber, wherein at least in the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer and the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer adjoining each other, the modulus of elasticity of the coating rubber of the circumferential belt layer is lower than that of the coating rubber of the inclined belt layer. The pneumatic tire of the invention avoids the disadvantage generated by addition of a circumferential belt layer while strengthening the circumferential rigidity by the circumferential belt layer.