Patent ID: 8736273

Claim:
A testing system for a battery cell therein, the battery cell having an outer housing and first and second battery tabs extending from the outer housing, comprising: a nest member having a top plate and first and second guide members, the first and second guide members being coupled to a top surface of the top plate and being disposed parallel to one another, the top plate and the first and second guide members defining a region for receiving the battery cell on the top surface; a clamping device having a rotatable plate that is rotatably coupled to a support member, the rotatable plate having first and third connectors disposed on a bottom surface of the rotatable plate, the rotatable plate configured to secure the first battery tab between the first connector and a second connector, and to secure the second battery tab between the third connector and a fourth connector; a voltmeter electrically coupled to the first and third connectors on the rotatable plate of the clamping device, the voltmeter configured to measure a voltage level between the first and third connectors when the first and second battery tabs are contacting the first and third connectors, respectively, and to send a voltage level value indicative of the voltage level to a computer; an ohmmeter electrically coupled to the first connector on the rotatable plate, the ohmmeter configured to measure a first resistance level between a first portion of the outer housing and the first connector when the first battery tab is contacting the first connector and to send a first resistance level value indicative of the first resistance level to the computer; and the computer configured to generate a validation message indicating the battery cell is operating as desired if the voltage level is within a desired voltage level range and the first resistance level is within a first resistance level range.