Roadway system for model vehicles with energy-independent propulsion

1. A roadway system for model vehicles having an energy-independent propulsion, a steering axle, and a magnet in a magnetic guidance operable to follow a driving wire laid directly beneath a roadway surface, said system comprising:

a plurality of roadway segments;

each said roadway segment having a support surface proximate an external support and said roadway surface opposite said support surface for supporting said model vehicles during a use of said system;

said roadway surface and said support surface being spaced from each other and defining a thickness direction therebetween, wherein said roadway segments being approximately 1 mm-5 mm in said thickness direction;

at least one groove on said roadway surface shaped to securely receive said driving wire and having a diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 mm; and said plurality of elongate roadway segments are selected from a group of roadway segments including curved roadway segments, flexible roadway segments and special-purpose roadway segments;

said curved roadway segments include at least one curved segment having a two part operative groove;

a first part of said two part operative groove disposed from a middle of one said connection edge outwardly into a region of an outside curve portion of said curved segment and back again to said middle to said middle of opposing other connection edge of said curved segment;

a second part of said two part operative groove disposed aligned with a curved path along an outside curved region of said curved segment: and

a portion of said two part operative groove combining along a common path parallel to said outside curved region proximate a middle section of said curved segment.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of base elements each having a thickness of approximately 3.0 mm; and

said base elements on said support surfaces of respective said roadway segments, thereby spacing said roadway segments from said external support.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

connection element means on opposing ends of each respective roadway segment; and

respective said connection elements means operative to removably interlock respective ends of said roadway segments during said use.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein:

said connection element means includes a first connection element on one of said opposing ends of each said respective roadway segment and a second connection element on said other of said opposing ends of each said respective roadway segment;

one of said first and said second connection elements being a protuberance extending beyond a first connection edge;

said other of said first and second connection elements bounding a receiving opening receding from a second connection edge for receiving said protuberance of a corresponding connection element of a corresponding roadway segment during said use; and

said first and said second connection elements operatively configured so that respective said connection elements and respective said connection edges engage in a form fit when respective ones of said roadway segments are connected.

5. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising:

at least one technical feature on one of said plurality of roadway segments, said at least one technical feature selected from the group comprising: a borehole structure, a shoulder structure, a recess structure, and a marking indicia feature; whereby said at least one technical feature enables operative interaction with at least one of a group comprising an electromagnetic element, an electromechanical element, and an electronic functional element.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein:

at least one of said plurality of roadway segments further comprises:

at least one of an activation sensor element, a coil element, and a magnetic element, and a traffic regulation sensor element.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein:

each said curved roadway segment having an operative arc to form one-eighth of a circumference of a circle; and

whereby illustrative projections from a common center of said circle along respective connection edges of respective curved roadway segments form an angle of approximately 45 degrees.

8. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least two different curved segments, whereby each said curve has a cooperative respective radius operative for an edge-to-edge arrangement to form a two-lane roadway alignment.

9. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second groove on said support surface of one of said curved roadway segments, shaped to securely receive a second driving wire, whereby said respective said at least one curved roadway segments enable selection of a preferred left-or-right curve orientation.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein:

said flexible roadway segments being configured with an operative serpentine structure having a plurality of regular recess on alternating sides of said flexible roadway segment; and

a portion of each said regular recess extending across a middle width region of said flexible roadway segment.

11. A system, said system being a roadway system for model vehicles having an energy-independent propulsion, a steering axle, and a magnet in a magnetic guidance operable to follow a driving wire laid directly beneath a roadway surface, said system comprising:

a plurality of roadway segments;

each said roadway segment having a support surface proximate an external support and said roadway surface opposite said support surface for supporting said model vehicles during a use of said system;

said roadway surface and said support surface being spaced from each other and defining a thickness direction therebetween, wherein said roadway segments being approximately 1 mm-5 mm in said thickness direction;

at least one groove on said roadway surface shaped to securely receive said driving wire and having a diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 mm;

said plurality of elongate roadway segments are selected from a group of roadway segments including curved roadway segments, flexible roadway segments and special-purpose roadway segments;

said curved roadway segments include at least one curved segment having a two part operative groove;

a first part of said two part operative groove disposed from a middle of one said connection edge outwardly into a region of an outside curve portion of said curved segment and back again to said middle to said middle of opposing other connection edge of said curved segment;

a second part of said two part operative groove disposed aligned with a curved path along an outside curved region of said curved segment; and

a portion of said two part operative groove combining along a common path parallel to said outside curved region proximate a middle section of said curved segment.

12. A system, said system being a roadway system for model vehicles having an energy-independent propulsion, a steering axle, and a magnet in a magnetic guidance operable to follow a driving wire laid directly beneath a roadway surface, said system comprising:

a plurality of roadway segments;

each said roadway segment having a support surface proximate an external support and said roadway surface opposite said support surface for supporting said model vehicles during a use of said system;

said roadway surface and said support surface being spaced from each other and defining a thickness direction therebetween, wherein said roadway segments being approximately 1 nm-5 mm in said thickness direction;

at least one groove on said roadway surface shaped to securely receive said driving wire and having a diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 mm;

said plurality of elongate roadway segments are selected from a group of roadway segments including curved roadway segments, flexible roadway segments and special-purpose roadway segments;

a second groove on said support surface of one of said curved roadway segments, shaped to securely receive a second driving wire, whereby said respective said at least one curved roadway segments enable selection of a preferred left-or-right curve orientation;

said curved roadway segments include at least one curved segment having a two part operative groove:

a first part of said two part operative groove disposed from a middle of one said connection edge outwardly into a region of an outside curve portion of said curved segment and back again to said middle to said middle of opposing other connection edge of said curved segment:

a second part of said two part operative groove disposed aligned with a curved path along an outside curved region of said curved segment: and

a portion of said two part operative groove combining along a common path parallel to said outside curved region proximate a middle section of said curved segment.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein:

each said curved roadway segment having an operative arc to form one-eighth of a circumference of a circle; and

whereby illustrative projections from a common center of said circle along respective connection edges of respective curved roadway segments form an angle of approximately 45 degrees.

14. The system according to claim 13 , further comprising:

at least two different curved segments, whereby each said curve has a cooperative respective radius operative for an edge-to-edge arrangement to form a two-lane roadway alignment.