PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR PASSENGER CAR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR PASSENGER CAR

摘要

A pneumatic tire for a passenger car, provided with a belt layer and a belt cover layer formed by winding a steel cord material in the tire circumference direction on the outer peripheral side of the belt layer. The steel cord material has a structure in which element wires consisting of steel and having a diameter of less than 0.18 mm are twisted together to form each strand and the strands are twisted together in the same direction as the direction of twisting of the element wires. The twist pitch of each of the strands is less than the twist pitch of the steel cord material, the twist pitch of the strand is in the range from 1.0 mm to 2.1 mm, and the twist pitch of the steel cord material is in the range from 2.0 mm to 5.25 mm.