Contingencies	6 Months Ended
Jul. 02, 2011
Contingencies
Contingencies	13. CONTINGENCIES On July 30, 2009, the Company filed a response and counterclaims to an action filed by Nordyne, Inc. ("Nordyne") in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in which action Nordyne is seeking a judgment declaring that neither Nordyne's G7 furnace systems nor its iQ Drive 23-seer air conditioning systems infringe on the Company's ECM (electronically commutated motor) systems patents (U.S. Patent No. 5,592,058) ("the '058 Patent") and/or that the '058 Patent is invalid. In its response and counterclaims against Nordyne the Company is seeking a judgment that the '058 Patent is valid and that Nordyne has, in fact, infringed and continues to infringe the '058 Patent by making, using, offering for sale and selling its G7 furnace systems and iQ Drive 23-seer air conditioning systems. The Company has also requested the U.S. District Court to enjoin Nordyne and all persons working in concert with Nordyne from further infringement of the '058 Patent and to award the Company compensatory and other damages caused by such infringement. The Company intends to defend its intellectual property vigorously against the claims asserted by Nordyne and against any infringement by Nordyne or any other person. The Company does not currently believe that the litigation will have a material effect on the Company's financial position or its results of operations. One of the Company's subsidiaries that it acquired in 2007 is subject to numerous claims filed in various jurisdictions relating to certain sub-fractional motors that were primarily manufactured through 2004 and that were included as components of residential and commercial ventilation units marketed by a third party. These claims generally allege that the ventilation units were the cause of fires. Based on the current facts, the Company does not believe these claims, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material effect on its results of operations or financial condition. However, the Company cannot predict the outcome of these claims, or the nature or extent of remedial actions, if any, it may need to undertake with respect to motors that remain in the field. As a result, it cannot estimate a range of reasonably possible losses associated with these matters, some of which could be significant. The Company is, from time to time, party to litigation that arises in the normal course of its business operations, including product warranty and liability claims, contract disputes and environmental, asbestos, employment and other litigation matters. The Company's products are used in a variety of industrial, commercial and residential applications that subject us to claims that the use of our products is alleged to have resulted in injury or other damage. The Company accrues for anticipated costs in defending against such lawsuits in amounts that we believe are adequate, and the Company does not believe that the outcome of any such lawsuit, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material effect on the Company's financial position or its results of operations.

13. CONTINGENCIES

On July 30, 2009, the Company filed a response and counterclaims to an action filed by Nordyne, Inc. ("Nordyne") in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in which action Nordyne is seeking a judgment declaring that neither Nordyne's G7 furnace systems nor its iQ Drive 23-seer air conditioning systems infringe on the Company's ECM (electronically commutated motor) systems patents (U.S. Patent No. 5,592,058) ("the '058 Patent") and/or that the '058 Patent is invalid. In its response and counterclaims against Nordyne the Company is seeking a judgment that the '058 Patent is valid and that Nordyne has, in fact, infringed and continues to infringe the '058 Patent by making, using, offering for sale and selling its G7 furnace systems and iQ Drive 23-seer air conditioning systems. The Company has also requested the U.S. District Court to enjoin Nordyne and all persons working in concert with Nordyne from further infringement of the '058 Patent and to award the Company compensatory and other damages caused by such infringement. The Company intends to defend its intellectual property vigorously against the claims asserted by Nordyne and against any infringement by Nordyne or any other person. The Company does not currently believe that the litigation will have a material effect on the Company's financial position or its results of operations.

One of the Company's subsidiaries that it acquired in 2007 is subject to numerous claims filed in various jurisdictions relating to certain sub-fractional motors that were primarily manufactured through 2004 and that were included as components of residential and commercial ventilation units marketed by a third party. These claims generally allege that the ventilation units were the cause of fires. Based on the current facts, the Company does not believe these claims, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material effect on its results of operations or financial condition. However, the Company cannot predict the outcome of these claims, or the nature or extent of remedial actions, if any, it may need to undertake with respect to motors that remain in the field. As a result, it cannot estimate a range of reasonably possible losses associated with these matters, some of which could be significant.

The Company is, from time to time, party to litigation that arises in the normal course of its business operations, including product warranty and liability claims, contract disputes and environmental, asbestos, employment and other litigation matters. The Company's products are used in a variety of industrial, commercial and residential applications that subject us to claims that the use of our products is alleged to have resulted in injury or other damage. The Company accrues for anticipated costs in defending against such lawsuits in amounts that we believe are adequate, and the Company does not believe that the outcome of any such lawsuit, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material effect on the Company's financial position or its results of operations.