Patent ID: 7556586

Claim:
A shift control device for a vehicle in which a forward clutch corresponding to a forward running stage, a reverse clutch corresponding to a reverse running stage and speed stage clutches each corresponding to a respective speed stage are provided in an engine power transmission route, one of the speed stage clutches is selected according to a speed stage shifting command, and a power of an engine is transmitted to driving wheels via the selected forward clutch or reverse clutch, and the selected speed stage clutch, characterized by comprising: vehicle speed detecting means for detecting an actual vehicle speed; target vehicle speed setting means for setting a target vehicle speed the vehicle should reach when a connecting operation of the selected speed stage clutch is started; and control means for adjusting a friction engagement of another clutch so that the detected vehicle speed matches the target vehicle speed in a period from when the speed stage shifting command is generated until when the start of the connecting operation of the selected speed stage clutch.