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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($)
 6 Months Ended
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%