Segment Financial Data (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Net Sales						Operating Profits						Operating Profit Margins
(Dollars in millions)	2015			2014			2015			2014			2015		2014
Otis	$	3,043		$	3,326		$	642		$	703		21.1	%	21.1	%
UTC Climate, Controls & Security	4,279			4,351			771			807			18.0	%	18.5	%
Pratt & Whitney	3,234			3,564			419			633			13.0	%	17.8	%
UTC Aerospace Systems	3,457			3,535			572			575			16.5	%	16.3	%
Total segments	14,013			14,776			2,404			2,718			17.2	%	18.4	%
Eliminations and other	(225		)	(163		)	(1		)	18
General corporate expenses	—			—			(101		)	(124		)
Consolidated	$	13,788		$	14,613		$	2,302		$	2,612		16.7	%	17.9	%

	Net Sales						Operating Profits						Operating Profit Margins
(Dollars in millions)	2015			2014			2015			2014			2015		2014
Otis	$	8,886		$	9,646		$	1,796		$	1,966		20.2	%	20.4	%
UTC Climate, Controls & Security	12,585			12,631			2,323			2,159			18.5	%	17.1	%
Pratt & Whitney	10,243			10,485			1,325			1,453			12.9	%	13.9	%
UTC Aerospace Systems	10,637			10,621			1,721			1,767			16.2	%	16.6	%
Total segments	42,351			43,383			7,165			7,345			16.9	%	16.9	%
Eliminations and other	(553		)	(463		)	65			323
General corporate expenses	—			—			(331		)	(355		)
Consolidated	$	41,798		$	42,920		$	6,899		$	7,313		16.5	%	17.0	%