Patent ID: 7819037

Claim:
A shift control device comprising: a drive power source adapted to generate a rotary drive force; a shift shaft coupled to the drive power source such that the drive power source can rotate the shift shaft; a clutch operating power transmitting mechanism that is joined to a clutch and to the shift shaft such that the clutch operating power transmitting mechanism can be used to disengage and engage the clutch with the rotation of the shift shaft; a shifter operating power transmitting mechanism that is connected to a transmission shifting component and to the shift shaft such that the shifter operating power transmitting mechanism can operate the transmission shifting component with the rotation of the shift shaft; a control unit for controlling the drive power source; a position sensor for detecting rotational positions of the shift shaft; and a storage unit for storing a first position that is one of the rotational positions and that is a position in which the clutch is in a state closer to a fully disengaged state than a halfway engaged range in which the clutch is in a halfway engaged state, and a second position that is another one of the rotational positions and that is a position at which the clutch is in a state closer to a fully engaged state than the halfway engaged range, wherein the control unit controls the drive power source to rotate the shift shaft to the first position at a preset speed when the clutch is engaged after the clutch has been once disengaged and a shift movement of the transmission shifting component has been made, and the control unit controls the drive power source to rotate the shift shaft from the first position to the second position at a speed slower than the preset speed.