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Other Income Expense
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
Other (income) expense
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE

The following table presents items included in other (income) expense:

 
Year Ended December 31,
(millions of dollars)
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Loss from disposal activities
$
21.5

 
$
—

 
$
—

Patent infringement settlement, net of legal costs incurred
(29.1
)
 
—

 
—

Environmental litigation settlement
—

 
28.0

 
—

BERU - Eichenauer equity investment gain
—

 
(8.0
)
 
—

Other
(0.5
)
 
2.4

 
(0.1
)
Total other (income) expense
$
(8.1
)
 
$
22.4

 
$
(0.1
)


During the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company incurred $21.5 million in expense associated with the loss on sale of the tire pressure monitoring business, including costs related to the divestiture, and a write-down of a portion of the ignitor and electronic business. See Note 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

On May 16, 2011, BorgWarner and Honeywell settled a lawsuit resolving BorgWarner's patent infringement claims. As a result of the settlement, Honeywell paid $32.5 million for a paid up license to use the asserted BorgWarner patents. During 2011, the Company incurred $3.4 million in legal costs related to this lawsuit and after deducting these costs, the Company recorded a net gain of $29.1 million.

See Notes 14 and 18 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information regarding the Company's 2010 environmental litigation settlement and BERU - Eichenauer equity investment gain.