Patent ID: 8789369

Claim:
A supercharging apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a turbocharger that includes a turbine impeller, which is rotatable by exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine of the vehicle; and an electric heater that is placed in an exhaust passage, which extends from an exhaust outlet of the internal combustion engine to the turbine impeller, wherein the electric heater generates a heat when the electric heater is energized, wherein: the turbocharger includes a turbine housing, through which the exhaust gas is swirled along the exhaust passage, and the swirled exhaust gas is discharged from the turbine housing to the turbine impeller; the electric heater is placed in the turbine housing along the exhaust passage; the turbine housing includes: a first exhaust scroll that has a first exhaust outlet, through which the exhaust gas is discharged to an upstream side part of the turbine impeller that is located on an upstream side in a flow direction of the exhaust gas; and a second exhaust scroll that has a second exhaust outlet, through which the exhaust gas is discharged to a downstream side part of the turbine impeller, which is located on a downstream side of the first exhaust outlet in the flow direction of the exhaust gas; and the electric heater is placed only in the first exhaust scroll along the exhaust passage.