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Subsequent Events Subsequent Event (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Subsequent Events [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Significant Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The carrying amount of the significant assets and liabilities of the Engineered Solutions business segment as of March 31, 2016 are approximately as follows:
|  | (Dollars in Millions)
Current assets |  | $ | 99 |
Long-term assets |  | 98 |
Current liabilities |  | (13 | )
Long-term liabilities |  | (1 | )
Net Assets |  | $ | 183 |

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