Bridgestone Corporation

Eiji Mineki

Yasuyoshi Kawaguchi

Hideki Aoyama

A pneumatic tire is disclosed, which comprises a pair of bead portions each containing at least one bead core therein and a carcass of at least one rubberized ply extending between the bead portions and containing organic fiber cords therein and has a load applied to one bead core of not less than 6.0 kg/cm. In this tire, at least one tire-cord layer of organic fibers is further arranged as a flipper between the bead core and the carcass ply so that a distance between a portion of the bead core facing bead base and the carcass ply is within a range of 0.8-3.0 mm and at least 1/3 of the periphery of the bead core is covered with the tire-cord layer.

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Higashimurayama, Japan

Eiji Mineki