Kgopelo ya pele ya patent ya turbocharger e thomile ka 1905, ge Dr. Alfred Buchi wa Sulzer Brothers Research and Development Company a be a nea paten ya turbocharger ya mathomo-a power-supercharger ya axial yeo e laolwago. Le ge go le bjalo, ka lebaka la seemo sa bjale sa intasteri, Dr. Buchi o ile a palelwa ke go tšweletša turbocharger ya mathomo ye e šomago gabotse. Ka 1911, Winterthur Supercharger Works ka Switzerland e ile ya thoma tšweletšo, gomme ka 1915, go ile gwa tšweletšwa supercharger ya entšene ya sefofane ya mohlala. Supercharger ye, yeo e šomišwago ke go ntšha moya ya entšene, e be e reretšwe kudu go fenya khuetšo ye mpe ya moya wo mosesane ka mafelong a godimo. Nakong ya Ntwa ya II ya Lefase, supercharger yeo e tšweleditšwego ke General Electric (GE) e ile ya thuša go šuthišetša difofane go ya bophagamong bja dimithara tše 10 000.
