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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded To Other Party, Percentage Of Sale Price After First One Million Dollars Of Royalty Payments

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Litigation Settlement, Attorneys' Fees Request Reduction, Percent

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Litigation Settlement, Products Using Deemed Trade Secret, Number

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Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Proceedings (Details)				1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 10, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 21, 2019 USD ($) product claim	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 10, 2021	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Phoenix Navigation Components, LLC Legal Proceedings
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total damages sought			$ 21,200,000
Number of deemed trade secrets used \| claim			1
Number of products using deemed trade secrets \| product			7
Royalties owed (as percentage of sale price)			7.50%
Amount awarded to other party					$ 400,000	$ 400,000	$ 3,800,000
Reduction of attorneys' fees owed (as a percent)			10.00%
Royalty payments			$ 1,000,000
Royalties owed after first $1 million of payments (as a percentage of sale price)			2.25%
Loss contingency accrual									$ 100,000	$ 100,000	$ 200,000
Payments for Legal Settlements	$ 4,500,000
Legal fees							$ 5,700,000
Phoenix Navigation Components, LLC Legal Proceedings \| Trade Secrets
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of pending claims \| claim			97
Number of claims settled \| claim			5
Phoenix Navigation Components, LLC Legal Proceedings \| Legal Expense
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount awarded to other party		$ 3,800,000	$ 3,700,000
Phoenix Navigation Components, LLC Legal Proceedings \| Royalty
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount awarded to other party		1,000,000
Loss contingency accrual		600,000
Phoenix Navigation Components, LLC Legal Proceedings \| Interest
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount awarded to other party		$ 100,000
Resilience Litigation \| Resilience Capital
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total damages sought				$ 1,565,000
Resilience Litigation \| Concord Property
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Lease length in years								15 years