Acquisitions and Sales of Businesses Sales of Businesses (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
Feb. 01, 2013	May 09, 2014 Aerospace [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of Aerospace Power Distribution Management Solutions and Integrated Cockpit Solutions		$ 270,000,000
Gain on sale of businesses, pre-tax		154,000,000
Sale of Apex Tool Group joint venture by Cooper and Danaher to Bain Capital	$ 1,600,000,000

Amount of gain (loss), before tax expense or benefit and not previously recognized, resulting from the sale of a business component.

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