| abstract |
Provided are a pneumatic tire manufacturing method and a pneumatic tire capable of improving separation failure of a tire component member made of either a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition. The method and the pneumatic tire have the following configuration. A green tire is formed by radially expanding a carcass band 13 which is formed on a making drum 21 and which includes an annular tire component member 10 made of any one of a thermoplastic resin and a thermoplastic elastomer composition produced by blending a thermoplastic resin component and an elastomer component. The tire component member 10 is formed of plural layers 10 A, 10 B, 10 C that are stacked on one another. After the inner-side layer 10 A ( 10 B) is attached, the making drum 21 is radially expanded by a predetermined amount and then the outer-side layer 10 B ( 10 C) is attached onto the inner-side layer 10 A ( 10 B). |