Runflat tire with sidewall-reinforcing inserts

A run-flat tire comprising:

• a tread having a first end and a second end, opposite the first end;
• an inner liner disposed beneath the tread;
• a first sidewall region including a first sidewall, and a second sidewall region including a second sidewall, each of the first and second sidewalls axially spaced apart from one another and extending from the respective first and second ends of the tread;
• a first bead portion and a second bead portion axially spaced apart from one another, each bead portion having a bead core and a bead filler;
• at least one body ply:
• having a main body ply portion extending circumferentially about the tire and disposed between the tread and the inner liner;
• and
• having a first turned-up portion and a second turned-up portion, the first turned-up portion looping around the first bead portion and the second turned-up portion looping around the second bead portion;
• and
• a pair of sidewall-reinforcing portions each disposed in respective sidewall regions and each having:
• a fabric barrier of parallel, biased cords, the fabric barrier disposed to divide a standard-sized insert into two equal-sized smaller inserts and the fabric barrier configured to redirect a horizontal tear resulting from stresses in a zero psi state along a length of the fabric barrier, the two equal-sized smaller inserts including;
• a first sidewall-reinforcing rubber insert disposed within a respective sidewall region between the fabric barrier and the inner liner;
• and
• a second sidewall-reinforcing rubber insert disposed within a respective sidewall region between the fabric barrier and the at least one body ply, the fabric barrier disposed directly between and contacting each the first and the second sidewall-reinforcing inserts and the fabric barrier extending not more than an entire length of either of the first and second sidewall-reinforcing inserts.