Tire comprising a low angle belt

A tire comprising a tread and a belt portion located radially below the tread, wherein the belt portion comprises a pair of working belts and a low angle belt comprising a wound ply strip,

• wherein the ply strip has parallel reinforcement elements having an angle of less than 5° with a circumferential direction of the tire;
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• wherein the pair of working belts comprises a first working belt and a second working belt, wherein each working belt of the pair of working belts comprises parallel reinforcement elements, and wherein the reinforcement elements of the first working belt and the reinforcement elements of the second working belt cross each other with an opposite angular orientation,
• wherein an absolute value of the angle of the reinforcement elements of each working belt with the circumferential direction ranges from 10° to 50°, and
• wherein the difference between i) the absolute value of the angle with the circumferential direction of the reinforcement elements of the first working belt and ii) the absolute value of the angle with the circumferential direction of the reinforcement elements of the second working belt is at least 2°.

A tire comprising a tread and a belt portion located radially below the tread,

• wherein the tread has a first shoulder portion on a first lateral side of the tire and a second shoulder portion on a second lateral side of the tire, which is opposite to the first side;
• wherein the belt portion comprises a pair of working belts and a low angle belt,
• wherein the low angle belt comprises at least one helically wound ply strip comprising at least one elongated reinforcement element having an angle of less than 5° with a circumferential direction of the tire, and
• wherein the low angle belt comprises a first layer, a second layer and a third layer, formed by said at least one helically wound ply strip,
• wherein the first layer extends over at least 70% of the axial width of the axially largest working belt,
• wherein the second layer is arranged radially below the first layer and below the first shoulder portion,
• wherein the third layer is arranged radially above the first layer and below the second shoulder portion, and
• wherein each of the second layer and the third layer extends over at most 50% of the axial width of the axially largest working belt.