Patent ID: 8055414

Claim:
A shift control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission, comprising: a shift mode switching device that selectively switches the shift mode of the continuously variable transmission between a stepless shift mode and a stepped shift mode in which the continuously variable transmission shifts non-continuously using a plurality of speed steps that are provided as predetermined speed ratios of the continuously variable transmission; a command device that issues commands for upshift and downshift of the continuous variable transmission during the stepped shift mode; a shift control device that, in response to the commands from the command device, controls the continuously variable transmission to shift from the present speed step to the next speed step during the stepped shift control; and a determination device that determines whether a request for a cruise control is being made, wherein the shift mode switching device includes a device that switches the shift mode of the continuously variable transmission from the stepped shift mode to the stepless shift mode in response to a request for the cruise control being made during the stepped shift mode.