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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2016 | Sep. 25, 2015 | Jul. 01, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Other Liabilities Under Tax Sharing Agreement | $ 136,000,000 | $ 133,000,000 |
Other Liabilities [Member] | Tax Sharing Agreement Obligation [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Other Liabilities Under Tax Sharing Agreement | 19,000,000 | $ 19,000,000 |
Tax Sharing Agreement 2007 [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Proposed assessment of additional federal taxes pursuant to IRS Notice of Deficiency |  |  | $ 883,000,000
Proposed assessment of penalties pursuant to IRS Notice of Deficiency |  |  | 154,000,000
Proposed assessment of additional federal taxes pursuant to IRS Partnership Notices |  |  | $ 30,000,000
Tax Sharing Agreement 2012 [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Minimum amount of assessment that will result in payment by the company | 1,850,000,000 |  |
Tax Sharing Agreement 2012 [Member] | First Five Hundred Million Dollars [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Liability threshold under tax sharing agreement | $ 500,000,000 |  |
Tyco International [Member] | Tax Sharing Agreement 2007 [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax liability sharing percent per tax sharing agreement | 27.00% |  |
Tyco International [Member] | Tax Sharing Agreement 2012 [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax liability sharing percent per tax sharing agreement | 27.00% |  |
Medtronic [Member] | Tax Sharing Agreement 2007 [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax liability sharing percent per tax sharing agreement | 42.00% |  |
TE Connectivity [Member] | Tax Sharing Agreement 2007 [Member] |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax liability sharing percent per tax sharing agreement | 31.00% |  |

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