Patent Publication Number: US-8541922-B2

Title: Magnetic transmission assembly

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. 099106193 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Mar. 3, 2010, Patent Application No. 099112186 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Apr. 19, 2010, and Patent Application No. 099128536 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Aug. 25, 2010, as well as is a Continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/763,751, filed on Apr. 20, 2010, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field 
     The disclosure relates to a transmission assembly, and more particularly to a magnetic transmission assembly. 
     2. Related Art 
     A transmission device not only can be used for power transmission and delivery, but also has the function of accelerating or decelerating the rotation of a power source. Transmission devices applied in conventional automobile engines include mechanical and hydraulic gear boxes. Magnetic transmission devices are applied in electric or hybrid automobiles. 
     For technologies of variable speed motors, reference is made to U.S. Pat. No. 3,980,937 entitled “Fractional Horsepower Gear Motor” issued on Sep. 14, 1976, in which a power output by a motor is transmitted through a mechanical gear assembly so as to achieve torque conversion and transmission. 
     In addition, U.S. Pat. No. 5,825,111 entitled “Single-phase induction motor 4/6 pole common winding connection with magnetic motive force symmetrically distributed” issued on Dec. 20, 1998, and U.S. Pat. No. 7,598,648 entitled “2/6 pole single-phase induction motor having shared windings” issued on Dec. 6, 2009, disclose methods of achieving variable speed transmission by changing the number of poles of a stator of a induction motor. 
     For technologies related to magnetic transmission device, reference is made to an article “A Novel High-Performance Magnetic Gear” (IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 37, No. 4, July, 2001) by K. Atallah and D. Howe. 
     The mechanical transmission device has disadvantages of high noise level and heavy weight. Although the ordinary magnetic transmission device has reduced vibration and noise level, its weight also cannot be reduced. Moreover, when applied in an electric automobile, an electric motor not only needs to meet the requirements of different output torques and travel speeds, but also needs to meet the requirements of high performance operation. Accordingly, the motor is usually combined with a transmission device. In such a combination, it is quite difficult to improve the overall drive power density of the motor and the transmission device (due that the total weight of the motor and the transmission device is heavy). 
     SUMMARY 
     In view of the above problems, a magnetic transmission assembly is disclosed. The magnetic transmission assembly can be easily integrated into a motor (such as an electric motor) or generator to achieve a light weight design. The integrated motor improves the drive power density. 
     According to an embodiment, a magnetic transmission assembly comprises a rotor, a stator, and a magnetically conductive element (or called as permeable element). The rotor is sleeved coaxially with the stator. The rotor has a plurality of poles and R pole pairs. The stator has a plurality of poles and ST1 pole pairs. The magnetically conductive element is located between the rotor and the stator and has a plurality of permeable regions. When the magnetically conductive element is actuated, the magnetically conductive element selectively makes PN1 or PN2 permeable regions correspond to the rotor and the stator, where PN1−3≦R+ST1≦PN1+3, and PN2−3≦R+ST1≦PN2+3. 
     According to an embodiment of the magnetically conductive element, the magnetically conductive element comprises a first ring and a second ring. The first ring and the second ring are axially connected. The first ring has PN1 permeable blocks. The second ring has PN2 permeable blocks. When the magnetically conductive element is axially actuated, the magnetically conductive element selectively enables the first ring or the second ring to be moved to a position between the rotor and the stator. 
     According to a second embodiment of the magnetically conductive element, the magnetically conductive element comprises a first ring and a second ring. The first ring is disposed on a radial outer side of the second ring. The first ring and the second ring are disposed between the stator and the rotor. When the magnetically conductive element is actuated, the first ring and the second ring move relatively between a first position and a second position. When the first ring and the second ring are located at the first position, the magnetically conductive element has PN1 permeable regions. When the first ring and the second ring are located at the second position, the magnetically conductive element has PN2 permeable regions. 
     According to another embodiment, the stator comprises a plurality of induction coils and a pole number modulation circuit. The induction coils are energized to form the poles, and the pole number modulation circuit selectively switches the induction coils to the ST1 pole pairs and ST2 pole pairs. Here, PN2−3≦R+ST2≦PN2+3. 
     According to still another embodiment, a magnetic transmission assembly comprises a rotor, a stator and a magnetically conductive element. The stator has a plurality of poles and the poles have R pole pairs. The stator is sleeved coaxially with the rotor and has a plurality of poles. The poles of the stator have ST1 pole pairs. The magnetically conductive element is disposed between the rotor and the stator and has PN1 permeable regions. The PN1 permeable regions correspond to the rotor and the stator. PN1−3≦R+ST1≦PN1+3. 
     As mentioned above, the magnetically conductive element is disposed between the stator and the rotor, and the magnetically conductive element is capable of selectively changing the number of the permeable regions (accordingly, also capable of changing the number of magnetic gaps). Accordingly, the magnetic transmission assembly can generates different variable-speed ratios (ratios of the rotation rate of the stator to the rotation rate of the rotor) between the stator and the rotor. Moreover, in another embodiment, the stator is designed to have variable pole pairs, such that different variable-speed ratios can also be achieved by combining the permeable element with the rotor. The permeable element, the stator and the rotor may each have a hollow annular shape, such that the entire magnetic transmission assembly has small volume and weight, and can be easily integrated into an electric motor. Consequently, the drive power density (W/Kg or W/m 3 ) of the integrated motor is increased. 
     These and other aspects of the disclosure will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the following drawings, although variations and modifications therein may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the disclosure, and wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a three-dimensional schematic structural view of a first embodiment of a magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a three-dimensional schematic exploded view of the first embodiment of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic view illustrating pole pairs of a stator of the first embodiment of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 4A  is a cross-sectional view of a magnetically conductive element of the first embodiment of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 4B  is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of the magnetically conductive element of  FIG. 4A ; 
         FIG. 4C  is another partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of the magnetically conductive element of  FIG. 4A ; 
         FIG. 5A  is a schematic winding diagram of another embodiment of the stator of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 5B  is a schematic view illustrating operation of the embodiment of the stator of  FIG. 5A ; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic view illustrating switching of pole pairs between  FIGS. 5A and 5B ; 
         FIGS. 7A ,  7 B, and  7 C are schematic views of a second embodiment of the magnetically conductive element of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic view of a third embodiment of the magnetically conductive element of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 9  is a three-dimensional schematic exploded view of a second embodiment of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIG. 10A  is a schematic view of a fourth embodiment of the magnetically conductive element of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIGS. 10B and 10C  are respectively a partial cross-sectional view of  FIG. 10A  along Line  10 B- 10 B and a schematic state diagram; 
         FIG. 11A  is a schematic view of a fourth embodiment of the magnetically conductive element of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure; 
         FIGS. 11B and 11C  are respectively a partial cross-sectional view of  FIG. 11A  along Line  11 B- 11 B and a schematic state diagram; 
         FIG. 11D  is another schematic state diagram of  FIG. 11B ; and 
         FIG. 12  is a schematic structural view of a split phase motor applying the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIGS. 1 and 2  are respectively a three-dimensional schematic structural view and a three-dimensional exploded view according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As can be seen from the figures, a magnetic transmission assembly comprises a rotor  20 , a stator  30 , and a magnetically conductive element  40  (also referred to as a magnetic transmission element). The magnetic transmission assembly is suitable for integration with a motor (such as an electric motor) or generator. For example, if the magnetic transmission assembly is integrated with an electric motor of an electric automobile, and a motor driver outputs an electricity to the magnetic transmission assembly, the magnetic transmission assembly can generate a rotary power at the rotor, and at the same time, the motor driver properly controls the variable-speed ratio of the magnetic transmission assembly, such that the magnetic transmission assembly can output different powers (power=output torque×rotation rate). Since the magnetic transmission assembly has the functions of both a motor and a transmission device, the total volume and weight are low, such that a high drive power density can be obtained. Here, the drive power density may be, but not limited to, output power/volume or output power/weight (that is, output torque×rotation rate)/volume, or (output torque×rotation rate)/weight). In addition, if the magnetic transmission assembly is applied in a motor, the rotor  20  receives the rotary power, and thus coils (to be detailed below) of the stator  30  can output an electric power generated by cutting the magnetic field. The electric power may be transmitted to a rectification and voltage regulation circuit and then output. Since the magnetic transmission assembly may be controlled to generate the variable-speed ratio, a controller may be used to adjust the variable-speed ratio of the magnetic transmission assembly when the input rotary power is significantly changed or it is intended to obtain better system conversion efficiency. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the stator  30  may be a fixed magnet or an induction magnet (or referred to as an electromagnet), and in this embodiment, the induction magnet is taken as an example. A plurality of bumps  32   a ,  32   b  is annularly disposed on an inner side of the stator  30 . Induction coils (to be detailed below) are wound around the bumps  32   a ,  32   b , and the induction coils are energized to form poles. Taking the embodiment as shown in the figures, the stator  30  has 48 bumps  32   a ,  32   b , and each of the bumps  32   a ,  32   b  can be energized to form one pole pair. In this embodiment, 4 phases exist, each having 12 pole pairs.  FIG. 3  is a schematic view illustrating pole pairs of a stator  30  according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As can be seen from the figure, neighboring poles have opposite polarities (north magnetic pole N and south magnetic pole S). Two neighboring poles having opposite polarities form a pole pair (for example, S 1  and N 1  form a pole pair as shown in the figure). As can be seen from the figure, a total of 12 pole pairs exists, which is merely an implementation, and the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the number of the pole pairs is represented by ST1. 
     The rotor  20  may be may be a fixed magnet or an induction magnet, and in this embodiment, the rotor  20  is illustrated by taking the fixed magnet as an example. The rotor  20  has a plurality of poles and R pole pairs, and in this embodiment, the rotor  20  has, for example, 20 pole pairs. The stator  30  and the rotor  20  are disposed coaxially (sleeved coaxially), and in this embodiment, the rotor  20  is disposed on a radial inner side of the stator  30 , but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The objectives of the disclosure can also be achieved by disposing the stator  30  on a radial inner side of the rotor  20 . In addition, the direction of the poles (magnetic field lines) of the rotor  20  is in the direction of the poles (magnetic field lines) of the stator  30 . 
     The permeable element  40  may be laminated steel, and the material thereof may be a soft magnetic composite (SMC), so as to reduce eddy current and iron loss. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the magnetically conductive element  40  comprises a first ring  42  (or called as first sleeve) and a second ring  44  (or called as second sleeve). The first ring  42  is located on a radial outer side of the second ring  44 , and the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are disposed between the stator  30  and the rotor  20 . The first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are in contact with each other or separated from each other by a space (the latter is implemented in the figure). The first ring  42  has a plurality of permeable blocks  420 ,  422  (or called as magnetically conductive blocks). The second ring  44  also has a plurality of permeable blocks  440 ,  442 . When the first ring  42  is located on the radial outer side of the second ring  44 , the permeable blocks  420 ,  422 ,  440 ,  442  form a plurality of permeable regions (to be detailed below). When the first ring  42  or/and the second ring  44  are actuated, the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  move relatively (rotate relatively) between a first position and a second position, and at this time, the number of the permeable regions is changed accordingly, which is illustrated as follows. 
       FIG. 4A  is a cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a magnetically conductive element according to an embodiment of the disclosure, which is taken along a plane perpendicular to an axial direction after the first ring  42  is sleeved on the radial outer side of the second ring  44  in  FIG. 2 . For ease of illustration of the relative rotation of the first ring  42  and the second ring  44 , arc segments marked  429  and  449  in  FIG. 4A  are enlarged in  FIG. 4B . The arc segments  429 ,  449  subtend an angle of 45°, so the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  have 8 arc segments  429 ,  449  in total.  FIG. 4B  is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view when the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are located at the first position.  FIG. 4C  is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view when the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are located at the second position. 
     As can be seen from  FIG. 4B , the permeable block  420  of the first ring  42  and the permeable block  440  of the second ring  44  are in a connection state (or overlap) and form the permeable region  46   a . Likewise, the permeable block  422  of the first ring  42  and the permeable block  442  of the second ring  44  are in a connection state and form the permeable region  46   b . Three magnetic gaps  48   a ,  48   b ,  48   c  are formed between the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b . Since the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  have four equal 8 arc segments  429 ,  449 , the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  have 24 magnetic gaps  48   a ,  48   b ,  48   c  in total (3×8=24, that is, have 24 permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b ). 
     Referring to  FIG. 4C , a partially enlarged cross-sectional view when the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are located at the second position is shown. The permeable block  420  of the first ring  42  and the permeable block  440  of the second ring  44  are in a connection state and form the permeable region  46   a . Likewise, the permeable block  422  of the first ring  42  and the permeable block  442  of the second ring  44  are in a connection state and form the permeable region  46   b . As can be seen from the figure, the arc segments  429 ,  449  have four magnetic gaps  48   a ,  48   b ,  48   c ,  48   d  therein, and also have four permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b . Therefore, the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  have 32 (4×8=32) magnetic gaps  48   a ,  48   b ,  48   c ,  48   d  in total. 
     The connection state between the permeable blocks  420 ,  440  refers to a close distance there-between, instead of referring to a contact state, and the close distance may also mean that the permeable blocks  420 ,  440  are not in contact but overlap each other in a radial direction, or the permeable blocks  420 ,  440  are not in contact but are separated by a space in a radial direction or in a circumferential direction. In other words, if the permeable blocks  420 ,  440  are not in contact, two distances exist between the permeable blocks  420 ,  440 : one is a radial distance, and the other is a circumferential distance. As for the radial distance, it has been found through experiments that a single permeable region  46   a  can be formed, as long as the radial distance is less than 5 mm. Definitely, the distance is also related to the intensity of the magnetic field lines of the stator  30 , and the higher the intensity of the magnetic field lines is, the larger the distance may be. That is to say, the radial distance may be changed according to the size of the motor and the intensity of the magnetic field lines. 
     The circumferential distance (arc length) may also be expressed as an angle between borders of the permeable blocks  420 ,  440  at a center of circle (center of the stator), for example, an angle between a left side edge of the permeable block  420  and a right side edge of the permeable block  440  as shown in  FIG. 4B . In order to further define the angle or arc length, a space formed by a distance between the left side edge of the permeable block  420  and the right side edge of the permeable block  440  is defined as an air slot. When the magnetic transmission assembly operates, each of the magnetic gaps  48   a ,  48   b ,  48   c  ( FIG. 4B ) will generate a pole (referred to as an air gap pole below), and when the permeable blocks  420 ,  440  has an air slot, the air slot will also have a pole (referred to as an air slot pole below). In this case, in order to enable the permeable blocks  420 ,  440  to form the permeable region  46   a , the magnetic intensity of the air slot pole is preferably smaller than 20% of the magnetic intensity of the air gap pole. Then, the arc length or the angle derived from the magnetic intensity of the air slot pole is a preferred circumferential distance. 
     The material of the permeable blocks  420 ,  422 ,  440 ,  442  may be any permeable material, for example, an iron-based material or soft iron. The relative rotation of the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  may be driven by a mechanical or electromagnetic method. In the driving method, the first ring  42  or the second ring  44  may be separately driven, or the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  may be concurrently driven, as long as the relative positions of the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  can be moved between the first position and the second position. 
     It can be known from the illustration of  FIGS. 4B and 4C  that, when the magnetically conductive element  40  is actuated, the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  move relatively between the first position (position of  FIG. 4B ) and the second position (position of  FIG. 4C ), and when the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are located at the first position, the magnetically conductive element  40  has 24 (referred to as PN1 below) permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b , and when the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are located at the second position, the magnetically conductive element  40  has 32 (referred to as PN2 below) permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b.    
     By designing the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  of the magnetically conductive element  40  to be capable of relative movement, the magnetically conductive element  40  can selectively enable the PN1 or PN2 permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  to be corresponding to the rotor  20  and the stator  30 . By combining the PN1 or PN2 permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  with the magnetic field of the rotor  20  and the magnetic field of the stator  30 , an acceleration or deceleration (transmission) effect can be generated. The acceleration ratio or deceleration ratio can be obtained by the following Equation (1): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     In the equation, G is the variable-speed ratio (that is, the acceleration to deceleration ratio), m and k are stages of harmonics, p is the number of pole pairs of the rotor  20 , and n is the number of the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  (number of steel pieces). For fundamental harmonics, m=−k=1, and in this embodiment, the number of the pole pairs of the rotor  20  is 20. Taking the case that the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are located at the first position as an example, the number of the permeable regions is 24. By substituting the numbers into the above equation, it can be obtained that G=(1×20)/(1×24−1×20)=5, that is, the ratio of the rotation rate of the stator to the rotation rate of the rotor is 5:1. If the case that the first ring  42  and the second ring  44  are located at the second position is taken as an example, the number of the permeable regions is 32. By substituting the numbers into the above equation, it can be obtained that G=(1×20)/(1×32−1×20)=1.6, that is, the ratio of the rotation rate of the stator to the rotation rate of the rotor is 1.6:1. 
     As can be seen from the above, through suitable configuration and design of the magnetically conductive element  40 , the stator  30  and the rotor  20 , the magnetic transmission assembly can be enabled to have a transmission effect. 
     In addition, in order to further improve the stability of the variable-speed ratio, it can be obtained through experiments that if the number ST1 of the pole pairs of the stator  30 , the number R of the pole pairs of the rotor  20 , and the numbers PN1 and PN2 of the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  of the magnetically conductive element  40  are maintained in the following relation, stable variable-speed ratio and driving force can be obtained:
 
 PN 1−3 ≦R+ST 1 ≦PN 1+3  Equation (2)
 
 PN 2−3 ≦R+ST 1 ≦PN 2+3  Equation (3)
 
     Taking this embodiment as an example, when the magnetically conductive element  40  is located at the second position, the Equation (3) PN2−3≦R+ST1≦PN2+3 is satisfied, and when the magnetically conductive element  40  is located at the first position, the requirements of transmission can be met, though the Equation (2) PN1−3≦R+ST1≦PN1+3 is not satisfied. In this embodiment, if it is intended to satisfy the Equations (2) and (3) at the same time, the design of the permeable blocks  420 ,  422 ,  440 ,  442  of the magnetically conductive element  40  may be modified to satisfy the Equation (2). For example, if ST1 is 12, and PN1 and PN2 are respectively 35 and 29, and the above Equations (2) and (3) can be satisfied at the same time. 
     In this embodiment, if it is intended to satisfy the Equations (2) and (3) at the same time without modifying the design of the magnetically conductive element  40  (but the Equation (3) needs to be slightly changed, to be detailed below), an embodiment of the stator  30  of  FIGS. 5A and 5B  can be used.  FIG. 5A  is a schematic winding diagram of another embodiment of the stator  30  of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure, and  FIG. 5B  is a schematic view illustrating operation of the embodiment of the stator  30  of  FIG. 5A . 
     As can be seen from the figures, another embodiment of the stator  30  comprises a plurality of induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  and a pole number modulation circuit  36 . The induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  are respectively wound about the bumps  32   a ,  32   b .  FIGS. 5A and 5B  only depict the induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  of three pole pairs (N 1 , N 2 , N 3 , S 1 , S 2 , S 3 ), but it is not intended that the stator  30  only comprises the coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d . The pole number modulation circuit  36  comprises two switches  360 ,  362 . When the switches  360 ,  362  are in a state as shown in  FIG. 5A  and are connected to a power supply, the poles formed by the induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  present polarities as shown in  FIG. 3 , that is, the stator  30  has 12 pole pairs in total. When the switches  360 ,  362  are in a state as shown in  FIG. 5B  and are connected to a power supply, the induction coils  34   c ,  34   d  that originally form N 1 , S 3  will form opposite poles due to the inversely connected power supply (that is, N 1  is changed to a south magnetic pole, and S 3  is changed to a north magnetic pole).  FIG. 6  is a schematic view illustrating switching of pole pairs between  FIGS. 5A and 5B . 
     As can be seen from the figure, dashed line blocks represent schematic views of polarities of poles formed when the switches  360 ,  362  are in the state as shown in  FIG. 5B . In the figure, N 1 , N 4 , N 7 , N 10  are north magnetic poles in  FIG. 5A , and S 3 , S 6 , S 9 , S 12  are south magnetic poles in  FIG. 5A , and at this time, the stator  30  has 12 (referred to as ST1 below) pole pairs in total (that is, N 1 , S 1 , N 2 , S 3  . . . N 12 , S 12 ). However, in  FIG. 5B , due to the skillful design of the switches  360 ,  362  and circuits, the N 1 , N 4 , N 7 , N 10  are changed into south magnetic poles after being energized, and S 3 , S 6 , S 9 , S 12  are changed into north magnetic poles, with the other poles remaining unchanged; therefore, the stator  30  has 4 (referred to as ST2 below) pole pairs in total (as shown by dashed line blocks N 1 ′, S 1 ′, N 2 ′, S 2 ′, N 3 ′, S 3 ′, N 4 ′, S 4 ′. In other words, when the induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  are switched to the ST1 pole pairs, the neighboring induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  have opposite polarities (magnetic polarities), and when the induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  are switched to the ST2 pole pairs, the induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  are grouped into a plurality of coil groups  35   a ,  35   b , and the neighboring coil groups  35   a ,  35   b  have opposite polarities. In this embodiment, each of the coil groups  35   a ,  35   b  comprises three sequentially neighboring induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d . Here, the term “sequentially neighboring” means “connected”, and for example, S 1 , N 1 , and S 2  in  FIG. 5B  belong to the sequentially neighboring induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d.    
     Based on the above, the stator  30  is capable of selectively switching the induction coils  34   a ,  34   b ,  34   c ,  34   d  to 12 (ST1) pole pairs and 4 (ST2) pole pairs through the pole number modulation circuit  36 . After the embodiment of the stator  30  of  FIG. 5A  is integrated with the switching of the number of the permeable regions of the magnetically conductive element  40 , the variable-speed ratio (ratio of the rotation rate of the stator to the rotation rate of the rotor) can be obtained as shown in the following table, and the above Equation (2) and the following Equation (4) can be satisfied.
 
 PN 2−3 ≦R+ST 2 ≦PN 2+3  Equation (4)
 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
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                 20 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Although the pole number modulation circuit  36  merely takes the embodiment of  FIG. 5A  as an example, the disclosure is not limited thereto. Through a proper circuit and switch design, the number of the pole pairs of the stator  30  may be increased or reduced at different ratios. In addition, the stator  30  may be wound using more complex and diversified designs, for example, using a winding chart, so as to meet more diversified requirements of pole pairs, and the winding mode may be, but not limited to, Lucas, Retzbach and Kühfuss (LRK) winding, distributed LRK (D-LRK) winding, or ABC winding, which will be detailed below. 
     For other embodiments of the magnetically conductive element  40  of  FIG. 4A , reference may be made to  FIGS. 7A ,  7 B, and  8 . The magnetically conductive element  50  of  FIGS. 7A ,  7 B, and  7 C (the second embodiment) is similar to that in  FIG. 4B . As can be seen from the figures, the magnetically conductive element  50  comprises a first ring  52 , a second ring  54 , a third ring  56 , and a fourth ring  58 . The first ring  52 , the second ring  54 , the third ring  56 , and the fourth ring  58  overlap each other in a radial direction and respectively have permeable blocks  53 ,  55 ,  57 ,  59  (also referred to as first, second, third, and fourth permeable blocks). When the magnetically conductive element  50  is located at a position of  FIG. 7A  (the first position), the permeable blocks  53 ,  55 ,  57 ,  59  are in a connection relation, such that the arc segment has two permeable regions  51   a ,  51   b  and two magnetic gaps (the magnetic gap is a gap spaced by the permeable regions in a circumferential direction). When the magnetically conductive element  50  is located at a position of  FIG. 7B  (the second position), the permeable blocks  53 ,  55 ,  57 ,  59  are separated from each other, such that the arc segment has four permeable regions  51   a ,  51   b ,  51   c ,  51   d  and four magnetic gaps. In addition, when the permeable element  50  is located at a position of  FIG. 7C  (also referred to as a third position), the permeable blocks  53 ,  55 ,  57 ,  59  completely overlap each other in the radial direction, and at this time, the magnetically conductive element  50  has two permeable regions  51   a ,  51   b  and two magnetic gaps. When the permeable element  50  is located at the positions of  FIG. 7A  and  FIG. 7C , although the same number of permeable regions  51   a ,  51   b  is obtained, the magnetic flux is different, and thus, the transmitted torque is changed accordingly. Therefore, the magnetically conductive element  50  may be properly designed and controlled so as to change the variable-speed ratio, and change the transmitted torque. 
     The magnetically conductive elements  40 ,  50  of  FIGS. 4A and 7A  also adopt a plurality of annular (cylindrical) permeable rings (that is, the first ring  42 ,  52  and the like) overlapping each other in a radial direction, and the number of the permeable rings may vary depending on practical design requirements, that is, three or five permeable rings may be combined together, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The size, arrangement and number of the permeable blocks in the permeable rings may also be properly designed so as to generate different numbers of magnetic gaps, thereby achieving the required variable-speed ratio. 
       FIG. 8  is a schematic view of a third embodiment of a magnetically conductive element of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure. The permeable element  60  (or called as magnetically conductive element) comprises a first ring  62  and a second ring  64 . The first ring  62  and the second ring  64  are axially connected. The permeable element  60  is disposed between the stator  30  and the rotor  20 . The first ring  62  and the second ring  64  are capable of moving axially into the gap between the stator  30  and the rotor  20 , such that only one of the first ring  62  and the second ring  64  is sandwiched between the stator  30  and the rotor  20  at a time. In short, when the permeable element  60  is axially actuated, the permeable element  60  selectively enables the first ring  62  or the second ring  64  to be moved to a position between the rotor  20  and the stator  30 . As such, the sandwiched first ring  62  or second ring  64  can interact with magnetic fields of the stator  30  and the rotor  20  to generate a particular variable-speed ratio. The number of permeable blocks  63  of the first ring  62  (for example, PN1 permeable blocks) is different from the number of permeable blocks  65  of the second ring  64  (for example, PN2 permeable blocks). In the embodiment of  FIG. 8 , the number of the permeable blocks  63  of the first ring  62  is 32, and the number of the permeable blocks  65  of the second ring  64  is 24, that is, the permeable element  60  is suitable for replacing the permeable element  40  in the embodiment of  FIG. 1 . In this embodiment, the permeable blocks  63 ,  65  respectively form and are equivalent to the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  in  FIGS. 4B and 4C . 
     As mentioned above, the first ring  62  and the second ring  64  are axially connected. Please refer to  FIG. 8  again. The first ring  62  and the second ring  64  are axially connected to each other through an electrical insulating element  66   a . In addition, two electrical insulating elements  66   b ,  66   c  are respectively connected to the two outer sides of the first ring  62  and the second ring  64  for fixing the permeable blocks  65  of the second ring  64  and the permeable blocks  63  of the first ring  62 . 
     Furthermore, please refer to  FIG. 9 .  FIG. 9  is a three-dimensional schematic exploded view of a second embodiment of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure. As can be seen from the figure, a magnetic transmission assembly comprises a rotor  20 , a stator  30 , and a permeable element  70 . The rotor  20  has a plurality of poles and the poles of the rotor  20  have R pole pairs. The stator  30  is sleeved coaxially with the rotor  20  and has a plurality of poles. The poles of the stator  30  have ST1 pole pairs. The permeable element  70  is disposed between the rotor  20  and the stator  30  and has PN1 permeable regions  72 . The PN1 permeable regions  72  correspond to the rotor and the stator. PN1−3≦R+ST1≦PN1+3. Accordingly, if R is 20, PN1 is 32 and ST1 is 12, the acceleration ratio or deceleration ratio would be 1.6:1 according to the above Equation (1). 
     Next, the two ends of the permeable regions  72  are fixed by two electrical insulating elements  74   a ,  74   b  as shown in  FIG. 9 . By means of disposition of the electrical insulating elements  74   a ,  74   b , the induced current generated by the permeable regions  72  cutting the magnetic fields of the rotor  20  and the stator  30  is insulated within each of the permeable regions  72 . 
     According to the embodiment in  FIG. 9 , the permeable element  70 , the stator  30  and the rotor  20  each have a hollow annular shape, such that the entire magnetic transmission assembly has small volume and weight, and can be easily integrated into an electric motor. Consequently, the drive power density (W/Kg or W/m 3 ) of the integrated motor is increased. 
     According to the above embodiments, through different implementations of the permeable elements  40 ,  50 ,  60 , the magnetic transmission assembly can switch to different variable-speed ratios. Then, if the number of the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b ,  51   a ,  51   b ,  51   c ,  51   d  of the permeable elements  40 ,  50 ,  60  that can be switched cannot satisfy the Equations (2) and (3), the implementation of the stator  30  of  FIG. 5A  may be adopted (the Equations (2) and (4) are satisfied), such that the stability under different variable-speed ratios can be improved. 
     Furthermore, the above Equations (2), (3), and (4) are relational expressions based on the fundamental harmonics of the stator  30 , and if the number of pole pairs of the stator  30  in the relational expressions is designed using higher-order permeance harmonics, the following relational expressions can be obtained:
 
 PN 1−3 ≦R+ST 1 ′≦PN 1+3  Equation (5)
 
 PN 1−3 ≦R+ST 1 ′≦PN 1+3  Equation (6)
 
 PN 1−3 ≦R+ST 1 ′≦PN 1+3  Equation (7)
 
     In the equations, ST1′ and ST2′ are respectively the number of pole pairs of higher-order permeance harmonics of the stator  30 . For example, if the number of pole pairs of the fundamental harmonics of the stator  30  is 4, the number of pole pairs of the third permeance harmonics is 12. Therefore, a wider range for selection is permitted when designing the number R of the pole pairs of the rotor  20  and the numbers PN1 and PN2 of the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  of the permeable element  40 . 
     In addition, in the above relational expressions, the magnetic field generated by the stator may be designed to be in synchronization with or not in synchronization with the number R of the pole pairs of the rotor and the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  of the permeable element  40 . Definitely, switching between synchronization and asynchronization can also be achieved by controlling the number of pole pairs of the stator  30  and/or the permeable element  40 . 
       FIGS. 10A ,  10 B, and  10 C are respectively a schematic view of a fourth embodiment of the permeable element of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure, a partial cross-sectional view of  FIG. 10A  along Line  10 B- 10 B and a schematic view illustrating operation thereof. 
     As can be seen from the figures, the permeable element  80  comprises a first ring  82  and a second ring  84 . The first ring  82  has a plurality of parallel striped permeable blocks  820  arranged annularly (also referred to as first permeable blocks). The second ring  84  also comprises a plurality of parallel striped permeable blocks  840  arranged annularly (also referred to as second permeable blocks). The permeable blocks  820  of the first ring  82  and the permeable blocks  840  of the second ring  84  are alternately disposed in a radial direction and sandwiched between the stator  30  and the rotor  20  (referring to  FIG. 1 ). That is, the permeable blocks  820  of the first ring  82  and the permeable blocks  840  of the second ring  84  are located at identical or close radial positions, which can be seen from  FIG. 10B . 
       FIG. 10B  is a partial cross-sectional view of  FIG. 10A  along Line  10 B- 10 B, similar to the cross-sectional relation between  FIG. 4B  and  FIGS. 2 and 4A . That is,  FIG. 10B  merely shows a cross-sectional view of a part of arc segments in  FIG. 10A . 
       FIG. 10B  shows a state of the first ring  82  and the second ring  84  of the permeable element  80  at a first position. At the first position, the permeable blocks  820 ,  840  are spaced from each other by a distance, and each of the permeable blocks  820 ,  840  forms a permeable region. Although the distance described here is equidistant as shown in the figure, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and the distance between the permeable blocks  820 ,  840  may also be not equidistant, as long as the air gap is formed between every two permeable blocks  820 ,  840  such that the neighboring permeable blocks  820 ,  840  do not form the function of the permeable regions. 
       FIG. 10C  shows a state of the first ring  82  and the second ring  84  of the permeable element  80  at a second position. At the second position, two neighboring permeable blocks  820 ,  840  are adjacent, such that every two adjacent permeable blocks  820 ,  840  form a permeable region. Here, the term “adjacent” means that the distance between the two permeable blocks  820 ,  840  is small enough to enable the two neighboring permeable blocks  820 ,  840  to form a single permeable region. 
     As can be seen from  FIGS. 10B and 10C , the number of permeable regions formed in  FIG. 10B  is twice the number of permeable regions formed in  FIG. 10C . Therefore, the permeable element  80  can be controlled to change the number of permeable regions thereof. 
     As for an actuation element  88  for controlling the permeable element  80  to change the number of permeable regions thereof (referring to  FIG. 10A ), an electric motor or a pneumatic valve may be used. The actuation element  88  may also be applied in the embodiments of  FIGS. 1 ,  7 A,  8 , and  11 A. Definitely, the actuation element  88  may also be changed into a fixed type and controlled by manual toggling. 
       FIGS. 11A ,  11 B, and  11 C are respectively a schematic view of the fourth embodiment of the permeable element of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure, a partial cross-sectional view of  FIG. 11A  along Line  11 B- 11 B and a schematic view illustrating operation thereof. The illustration of the figures is similar to that of  FIGS. 10A ,  10 B, and  10 C, such that the details will not be described herein again. 
     As can be seen from the figures, the fourth embodiment of the permeable element  80  comprises a first ring  92 , a second ring  94 , and a third ring  96 . The first ring  92 , the second ring  94 , and the third ring  96  respectively have a plurality of permeable blocks  920 ,  940 ,  960  (also respectively referred to as first, second, and third permeable blocks). The first permeable blocks  920 , the second permeable blocks  940 , and the third permeable blocks  960  are sequentially disposed in a radial direction and sandwiched between the stator  30  and the rotor  20 . The permeable blocks  920 ,  940 ,  960  are located at identical or close radial positions (that is, at approximately the same distance away from the center of circle). Therefore, when the first ring  92 , the second ring  94 , and the third ring  96  are located at a first position of  FIG. 11B , the permeable blocks  920 ,  940 ,  960  respectively form an independent permeable region, such that the permeable element  90  has PN1 permeable regions. When the first ring  92 , the second ring  94 , and the third ring  96  are located at a second position of  FIG. 11C , three neighboring permeable blocks  920 ,  940 ,  960  are adjacent and form a permeable region, such that the permeable element  90  has PN2 permeable regions. Therefore, the number PN1 of the permeable regions formed by the permeable element  90  at the first position is three times the number PN2 of the permeable regions formed at the second position. 
       FIG. 11D  is a schematic view of the first ring  92 , the second ring  94 , and the third ring  96  at a third position. As can be seen from the figure, the permeable blocks  960  of the third ring  96  and the permeable blocks  940  of the second ring  94  are adjacent, and the permeable blocks  920  of the first ring  92  are not adjacent to (or do not approach or contact) the (second and third) permeable blocks  940 ,  960 . Therefore, the adjacent permeable blocks  940 ,  960  form a permeable region, and the (first) permeable blocks  920  independently form a permeable region, such that the permeable element  90  has PN3 permeable regions. Therefore, the number PN3 of the permeable regions formed in  FIG. 11D  is twice the number PN2 of the permeable regions formed in  FIG. 11C . Here, PN3 can satisfy the following Equation (5):
 
 PN 3−3 ≦R+ST 1 ≦PN 3+3  Equation (8)
 
     Furthermore, the objective of power transmission can also be achieved by arranging the relative positions of the first ring  92 , the second ring  94 , and the third ring  96  in a non-equidistant manner such that the arc length occupied by the permeable regions and the arc length occupied by the magnetic gaps are not the same, except that the transmitted torque will also be changed. 
     As for the relation between m and k in the above Equation (1), in addition to m=−k=1, m=k=1 may also be adopted. As such, the relational expressions of the number ST1 of the pole pairs of the stator  30 , the number R of the pole pairs of the rotor  20 , and the numbers PN1 and PN2 of the permeable regions  46   a ,  46   b  of the permeable element  40  need to be adjusted. When the number R of the pole pairs of the rotor  20  is larger than the number ST1 of the pole pairs of the stator  30 , the relational expressions are as follows:
 
 R− 3 ≦PN 1 +ST 1 ≦R+ 3  Equation (9)
 
 R− 3 ≦PN 2 +ST 1 ≦R+ 3  Equation (10)
 
 R− 3 ≦PN 3 +ST 1 ≦R+ 3  Equation (11)
 
 PN 3−3 ≦R+ST 1 ≦PN 3+3, or  R− 3 ≦PN 3 +ST 1 ≦R+ 3, or  ST 1−3 ≦PN 3 +R≦ST 1+3.
 
     When the number R of the pole pairs of the rotor  20  is smaller than the number ST1 of the pole pairs of the stator  30 , the relational expressions are as follows:
 
 ST 1−3 ≦PN 1 +R≦ST 1+3  Equation (12)
 
 ST 1−3 ≦PN 1 +R≦ST 1+3  Equation (13)
 
 ST 1−3 ≦PN 1 +R≦ST 1+3  Equation (14)
 
     The numbers ST1 and ST2 of the pole pairs of the stator in the above Equation (9) to Equation (14) may respectively replace the number ST1′ or ST2′ of the pole pairs of higher-order permeance harmonics (that is, replace ST1, ST2 in Equation (5) to Equation (7) with ST1′, ST2′). 
     Finally, an application of the magnetic transmission assembly according to the disclosure to a split phase or electromagnetic variable-speed motor will be illustrated below. A variable-speed ratio obtained by the split phase motor is larger than 1, and a variable-speed ratio obtained by the electromagnetic variable-speed motor may be larger than or smaller than 1. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 12 . As can be seen from the figure, the stator  30  is located on a radial inner side of the rotor  20 , and the permeable element  99  is located between the stator  30  and the rotor  20 . The stator  30  has winding arms  300 , and as can be seen from the figure, the stator  30  has 12 winding arms  300  in total. When a conventional split phase or electromagnetic variable-speed motor is used, reference needs to be made to a winding chart (or referred to as a split phase winding chart) as shown by the following table, but the winding chart is not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 # of 
                 Number of stator arms 
                   
               
               
                 magnet 
                 (or referred to as number of stator pole pairs × 2) 
                 Deceleration 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 poles 
                 3 
                 6 
                 9 
                 12 
                 ratio 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 ABC 
                 AbCaBc 
                 AacBBaCCb 
                 AAccBBaaCCbb 
                 1:1 
               
               
                 4 
                 ABC 
                 ABCABC 
                 ABaCAcBCb 
                 AcBaCbAcBaCb 
                 2:1 
               
               
                 6 
                 None 
                 None 
                 ABCABCABC 
                 None 
                 3:1 
               
               
                 8 
                 ABC 
                 ABCABC 
                 AaABbBCcC 
                 ABCABCABCABC 
                 4:1 
               
               
                 10 
                 ABC 
                 AbCaBc 
                 AaABbBCcC 
                 AabBCcaABbcC 
                 5:1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 A-b-C-a-B-c 
                   
               
               
                 12 
                 None 
                 None 
                 ABCABCABC 
                 None 
                 6:1 
               
               
                 14 
                 ABC 
                 AcBaCb 
                 ACaBAbCBc 
                 AacCBbaACcbB 
                 7:1 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 A-b-C-a-B-c 
                   
               
               
                 16 
                 ABC 
                 ABCABC 
                 AAbCCaBBc 
                 ABCABCABCABC 
                 8:1 
               
               
                 18 
                 None 
                 None 
                 None 
                 None 
                 9:1 
               
               
                 20 
                 ABC 
                 ABCABC 
                 AbbCaaBcc 
                 AbCaBcAbCaBc 
                 10:1  
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 # of 
                 Number of stator arms 
                   
               
               
                 magnet 
                 (or referred to as number of stator pole pairs × 2) 
                 Deceleration 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 poles 
                 15 
                 18 
                 ratio 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 2 
                 AAACCbbbaaCCCbb 
                 AAAcccBBBaaaCCCbbb 
                 1:1 
               
               
                 4 
                 AAcBaCCbAcBBaCb 
                 AAcBBaCCbAAcBBaCCb 
                 2:1 
               
               
                 6 
                 None 
                 AcBaCbAcBaCbAcBaCb 
                 3:1 
               
               
                 8 
                 AcaCABabABCbcBc 
                 ABaCAcBCbABaCAcBCb 
                 4:1 
               
               
                 10 
                 ABCABCABCABCABC 
                 AcabABCbcaCABabcBC 
                 5:1 
               
               
                 12 
                 None 
                 ABCABCABCABCABC 
                 6:1 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCc  
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 A-B-C-A-B-C-A-B-C 
                   
               
               
                 14 
                 AaAaABbBbBCcCcC 
                 AabcCABbcaABCcabBC 
                 7:1 
               
               
                 16 
                 AaAaACcCcCBbBbB 
                 AaABbBCcCAaABbBCcC 
                 8:1 
               
               
                 18 
                 None 
                 None 
                 9:1 
               
               
                 20 
                 ABCABCABCABCABC 
                 AaABbBCcCAaABbBCcC 
                 10:1  
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     When the winding chart is applied in a structure not having the permeable element  99  according to the disclosure (that is, the structure with the permeable element  99  removed in  FIG. 12 ), the winding mode required by the winding arms  300  of the stator  30  and the resulting variable-speed ratio can be obtained. As shown in the figure, A, B, C respectively represent a first phase winding mode, a second phase winding mode, and a third phase winding mode, and a, b, c respectively represent a winding mode reverse to the first phase, a winding mode reverse to the second phase, and a winding mode reverse to the third phase. In the structure not using the permeable element  99 , if the number of magnetic poles of the rotor is 4, the number of the winding arms  300  of the stator  30  is 9, and an ABaCAcBCb winding mode is used, a deceleration ratio of 2:1 can be obtained. 
     Here, each letter in ABaCAcBCb represents a winding mode of a winding arm  300 , and is configured clockwise or anticlockwise according to the winding arms of the stator  30 . Taking the ABaCAcBCb winding mode as an example, a first winding arm  300  adopts the first phase winding mode (A), a second winding arm  300  adopts the second phase winding mode, a third winding arm  300  adopts the winding mode (a) reverse to the first phase, a fourth winding arm  300  adopts the third phase winding mode (C), and so on. The first, second, third, and fourth winding arms  300  are sequentially neighboring winding arms  300  clockwise on the stator  30 . 
     Referring to the application of  FIG. 12  again, the stator  30  has 12 winding arms  300 , and if each winding arm  300  is independently wound with a coil, and neighboring winding arms  300  are wound with coils of different phases, the stator  30  has 12 magnetic poles, that is, the number ST1 of the pole pairs of the stator  30  is 6 (the number of magnetic poles is twice the number of pole pairs). The number R of the pole pairs of the rotor  20  is 10 (that is, the number of magnetic poles is 20). The number PN1 of the permeable regions of the permeable element  99  is 8. Therefore, it can be known according to the following Equation (15) that the number R2 of stator-side pole pairs in a gap  990  between the permeable element  99  and the stator  30  is 2. Therefore, the number of stator-side magnetic poles is 4.
 
 R 2=| R−PN 1|  Equation (15)
 
     Then, the winding chart is looked up using the number of stator-side magnetic poles being 4 and the number of magnetic poles of the winding arms  300  of the stator being 12, and it can be obtained that the winding mode is AcBaCbAcBaCb. Therefore, a deceleration ratio of 2:1 can be obtained between the permeable element  99  and the stator  30 . In addition, a deceleration ratio between the rotor  20  and the permeable element  99  is 5 (R/R2=10/2=5). Therefore, the overall deceleration ratio of the split phase motor of  FIG. 12  will reach 10:1 (that is, 2:1×5:1). 
     In addition, if every two neighboring winding arms  300  in the stator  30  are considered as one winding arm wounded with coils of the same phase, the stator  30  has 6 magnetic poles, thereby increasing the variability. 
     Moreover, if the permeable element  99  is actuated such that the number of permeable regions thereof is changed to 6 (PN2), the number of stator-side pole pairs is 4 (applying the Equation (15)), and thus, when the winding chart is used, the number of magnetic poles is 8, and different deceleration ratios can be generated. 
     Furthermore, the Equation (15) for calculating the number of stator-side pole pairs may also be changed into the following Equation (16).
 
 R 2= R+PN 1  Equation (16)
 
     The coils of the stator of the motor may be driven (or activiated) by AC current (as a synchromotor), or may be driven by a square wave or sine wave generated by Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) (as a brushless AC motor). 
     Based on the above, since the magnetic transmission assembly in the embodiments comprises a design of a stator and a rotor of an electric motor or a generator, has a design of a transmission structure, and is easily integrated with a motor driver of the electric motor or an electricity generating circuit (for example, a rectification and voltage regulation voltage or the like) of the generator to form a variable speed electric motor or a variable speed generator. The integrated variable speed electric motor has both a function of generating a rotary power and a function of variable speed transmission, but the volume and weight thereof are only about the original volume and weight of the electric motor, such that a high drive power density is achieved. Meanwhile, the magnetic transmission assembly adopts electromagnetic transmission, and thus has reduced vibration and noise level. Furthermore, when applied in the industry of electric automobiles, the variable speed electric motor can meet the requirements of different torques and travel speeds while maintaining high performance operation. 
     The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. 
     The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the disclosure and their practical application so as to activate others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the disclosure pertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the disclosure is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments described therein.