Tubeless bias-ply tire with at least one carcass ply ending near bead core without being wrapped therearound

Claim 1

A small size bias-ply tubeless pneumatic motorcycle tire comprising a tire cover having a tread portion, a pair of opposed side walls integrally extending from respective side edges of the tread portion and a pair of opposed bead portions integrally extending from respective free ends of the side walls, said bead portions being adapted to firmly engage with associated rim flanges of a wheel rim, an inner rubber lining applied to the inner surface of the tire cover, said tire cover including at least one bead core embedded in each of the bead portions and a bias-ply carcass structure, said bias-ply carcass structure including a plurality of carcass plies alternately laid on a bias at a predetermined angle relative to the midcircumferential plane of the tire, at least one of said carcass plies having each of its opposed ends terminating in a region defined in the tire cover between the corresponding bead core and a lower portion of the corresponding side wall while the remaining of said carcass plies have their opposed ends turned up around and anchored to the corresponding bead core and terminating at a position adjacent the boundary between the side wall and the bead portion, said lower portion of said corresponding side wall being adjacent to said position where the end of each of said other carcass plies terminates after having been turned up around and anchored to the corresponding bead core.