Reinforced pneumatic tire

摘要

A pneumatic tire has a pair of shoulder portions (20) extending between a tread portion (10) and opposed sidewall portions (16). The tire is characterized by a composite fabric ply (36) formed from a composite fabric (38,38'). The composite fabric has three layers (40,42,44) with the middle layer (44) comprising a plurality of straight warp yarns wherein the three layers are bound together with binder yarns (46). At a minimum, the composite fabric ply (36) is located in the tire shoulders.