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Product Warranties (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Product Warranties [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

The following table represents changes in the Company’s consolidated warranty reserve:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014				2013				2012
Beginning balance	$	33,827			$	44,486			$	13,181
Warranty expense	14,463				17,486				12,494
Warranty usage	(24,044		)		(28,359		)		(18,222		)
Acquired warranty reserves	—				214				37,033
Ending balance	$	24,246			$	33,827			$	44,486

Warranty expense for 2014 does not include the impact of the Company’s recovery of $5,003 during 2014 from an escrow settlement relating to excess warranty costs for certain product lines acquired from AirSep in 2012.

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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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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249

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