Patent ID: 7824291

Claim:
A shift control apparatus for an automatic transmission that shifts among a plurality of speed with different speed ratios by selectively engaging one or more of a plurality of friction coupling elements, comprising a multiple shift portion includes: an engagement force determination portion that determines whether an engagement force of a friction coupling element to be engaged at an engagement side in a second shift process is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, when a multiple shift determination is made due to a determination for a second shift control for performing the second shift process being made during a first shift control for performing a first shift process, based on a command value associated with the engagement force of the friction coupling element to be engaged at the engagement side; and a shift switching portion that immediately switches a shift control of the automatic transmission from the first shift control to the second shift control if the engagement force determination portion determines that the engagement force of the friction coupling element to be engaged at the engagement side is equal to or larger than the predetermined value.