Method for Manufacturing Pneumatic Tire and Pneumatic Tire

A pneumatic tire, comprising:

• a tread portion, which extends in a tire circumferential direction and has an annular shape;
• a pair of sidewall portions arranged on both sides of the tread portion;
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• a pair of bead portions arranged inward of the pair of sidewall portions in a tire radial direction,
• the pneumatic tire comprising a carcass layer mounted between the pair of bead portions and an innerliner layer arranged on a tire inner surface along the carcass layer,
• wherein the innerliner layer has a structure in which both ends of a laminated body overlap with each other and are bonded, the laminated body having a trilayer structure comprising:
• a film containing, as a main component, a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and an elastomer;
• an inner rubber sheet laminated on a tire inner circumferential side of the film;
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• an outer rubber sheet laminated on a tire outer circumferential side of the film,
• a tip end of the film in the end of the laminated body positioned on the tire inner circumferential side at a bond portion of the laminated body is brought into contact with an inner surface of the inner rubber sheet at the end of the laminated body positioned on the tire outer circumferential side at the bond portion of the laminated body, and
• the film in the end of the laminated body positioned on the tire inner circumferential side at the bond portion of the laminated body is covered with the inner rubber sheet in the end of the laminated body positioned on the tire inner circumferential side at the bond portion of the laminated body.