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Note 7 - Product Warranty Obligations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2015				2014
Balance at beginning of period		$	30,909			$	33,734
Payments			(5,433	)			(6,723	)
Provision for warranties issued			4,549				6,039
Changes in estimates for pre-existing warranties			(748	)			(1,143	)
Balance at end of period		$	29,277			$	31,907

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2015				2014
Balance at beginning of period		$	27,193			$	23,092
Deferred revenue on extended warranty contracts sold			1,380				2,219
Amortization of deferred revenue on extended warranty contracts			(1,042	)			(679	)
Balance at end of period		$	27,531			$	24,632

Product Warranty Obligations Included in Consolidated Balance Sheet [Table Text Block]

		March 31,				December 31,
		2015				2014
Product warranty liability
Current portion - other accrued liabilities		$	22,893			$	24,143
Long-term portion - other long-term liabilities			6,384				6,766
Total		$	29,277			$	30,909
Deferred revenue related to extended warranty
Current portion - other accrued liabilities		$	4,857			$	4,519
Long-term portion - other long-term liabilities			22,674				22,674
Total		$	27,531			$	27,193

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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

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-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51674963&loc=d3e12565-110249

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