Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement, Net of Tax

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Certain Product Lines, Revenues

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Gain on Sale of Product Lines, Net of Tax

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Proceeds From Sale Of Product Lines, Net Of Cash Transferred And Transaction Costs

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit (cost) credit from irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk related to obligation and assets used to effect settlement.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Other Income (Expense), Net (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2022	Jul. 02, 2021	Apr. 02, 2021	Jul. 01, 2022	Jul. 02, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of product lines, net of cash transferred and transaction costs			$ 26	$ 0	$ 26
Pretax gain on sale of product lines	$ 0	$ 0	13	0	13
Gain on sale of product lines, net of tax			$ 10
Divested, product lines, revenues						$ 88
Foreign Plan \| Defined benefit pension plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Settlement losses	$ 0	$ 0		10	$ 0
Settlement loss, after tax				$ 9