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Guarantees, Indemnities and Warranties (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Guarantees, Indemnities and Warranties [Abstract] |
Changes in the product warranty accrual |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
Warranty accrual – January 1 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  |  | $ | 24 |
Warranty expense |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  | 13 |
Payments |  |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  |  | (10 | )
Warranty accrual – December 31 |  |  | $ | 26 |  |  |  | $ | 27 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 8 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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